- Crucial cancer surgeries were cancelled during the five-day doctors' strike, which saw thousands of resident doctors take action over pay.
- NHS England chief Sir Jim Mackey claimed the British Medical Association (BMA) demanded "extortionate" pay rates for striking doctors to return to work for patient safety, understood to be thousands of pounds for a single night shift.
- Of 58 requests made by NHS England for doctors to cover shifts, 18 were rejected by the BMA, with half of these rejections attributed to demands for high pay rates.
- The BMA's five-day walkout, which began on Friday, 25 July, is in response to the rejection of a 5.4 per cent pay offer for 2025-26, with doctors demanding a 29 per cent rise.
- NHS England has instructed hospitals to maintain routine care during the strike, learning from previous industrial action where prioritising emergency care led to patient harm.
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