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Explore →Doctors’ strike timed to cause havoc over Easter break, says NHS England chief
<p>Sir Jim Mackey said hospitals were struggling to fill rotas because six-day action was scheduled over holiday</p><p>The latest strike by resident doctors in England has been “deliberately timed to cause havoc” by coinciding with hospital staff’s Easter holidays, the head of the NHS has claimed.</p><p>Hospitals have struggled to find enough doctors to replace those who have refused to work during the six-day walkout, Sir Jim Mackey, the chief executive of NHS England, said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/doctors-strike-easter-break-rota-havoc-nhs-england-chief-jim-mackey">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Sir Jim Mackey said hospitals were struggling to fill rotas because six-day action was scheduled over holiday</p><p>The latest strike by resident doctors in England has been “deliberately timed to cause havoc” by coinciding with hospital staff’s Easter holidays, the head of the NHS has claimed.</p><p>Hospitals have struggled to find enough doctors to replace those who have refused to work during the six-day walkout, Sir Jim Mackey, the chief executive of NHS England, said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/doctors-strike-easter-break-rota-havoc-nhs-england-chief-jim-mackey">Continue reading...</a>