'It's terrifying', cancer patient says, as junior doctors walk out again during heatwave and cyber attack fallout

A cancer patient has told Sky News it's 'terrifying' for her health that junior doctors are striking again from Thursday. The NHS is expecting 'major disruption' in the coming days as medics in England walk out over pay amid a yellow health alert heatwave and ongoing disruption to some services because of a ransomware cyber attack earlier this month. Major hospitals Guys' and St Thomas' and King's in London are still running at reduced capacity after the incident.

Asked about the impact of the cyber attack and the weather, BMA chairman of council Professor Philip Banfield said more experienced doctors will cover for their colleagues. Dr Banfield said: 'When the junior doctors go on strike, it doesn't empty the hospital out of doctors. You've got our specialty and specialist colleagues, consultants, so it is a more senior workforce in place, those gaps are not quite what you would expect.

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