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  Tens of thousands of junior doctors participated in a 72-hour strike, causing the cancellation of over 175,000 patient appointments and procedures in England. Emergency care was provided by consultants, but many planned, non-urgent treatments had to be rescheduled, including hip and knee operations, routine checks for patients with diabetes, and cancer screenings. NHS England's medical director, Prof Sir Stephen Powis, called the strike "on an unprecedented scale," impacting efforts to tackle the COVID backlog. The British Medical Association (BMA) […]