Strike Out: Doctors' industrial action threatens NHS staffing plan

Strike Out: Doctors' industrial action threatens NHS staffing plan

By Bloomberg

The government has a plan to boost NHS workforce numbers, as it seeks to fill more than 110,000 vacancies. We ask Alison Leary, chair of Healthcare & Workforce Modelling at London South Bank University about the staffing challenges in the health service. Adding to that challenge: the first-ever strike by consultant doctors. Our reporter Asad Zulfiqar on what they want, and why nurses will not be joining them on the picket line.  

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