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26 April 2016updated 05 Oct 2023 8:22am

Junior doctors’ strike: as a doctor, I was fighting to save the NHS – then the NHS saved my life

A GP who was diagnosed with blood cancer on his personal crusade against the Conservatives’ attack on the health service and junior doctors.

By Youssef El-Gingihy

Update 6/7/16: Jeremy Hunt is to impose the new contract on junior doctors, and has rejected the idea of further talks with the doctors’ union.

This article was written during the strikes earlier this year:

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