{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/64b94e9bc23a75001119fff6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"NHS senior doctors first strike in a decade","description":"<p>Thousands of NHS consultants are striking across England, causing large-scale disruption to patient care.</p><p>Senior doctors and hospital dentists in the British Medical Association walked out for 48 hours until 7am on Saturday in a pay dispute.</p><p>BMA consultants, like junior doctors, are seeking a 35 per cent pay rise to correct a real terms fall - the Government’s offering six per cent</p><p>Thousands of operations, procedures and appointments have been cancelled and are being rescheduled after the biggest consultant pickets in a decade.</p><p>It comes just two days after junior doctors staged a five-day walkout, the longest in NHS history.</p><p>The Leader podcast hears the latest from Evening Standard health reporter Daniel Keane.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}