Junior doctors strike again

Junior doctors across Sussex are taking part in a fourth walkout in their long-running contract dispute.

The 48-hour strike started at 8am this morning as the doctors prepare legal challenges to the government’s decision to impose changes to their pay and conditions from this summer.

In Brighton, a demonstration of support for the junior doctors and the NHS gathered in St. Bartholomew’s Square at this morning and marched up to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Eastern Road to join the picket lines and rally.

Doctors are again providing emergency cover but nationally 5,000 operations and procedures are reported to have been postponed.

NHS England said the continued disruption was “deeply regrettable”.