A 96-hour walkout by junior doctors is likely to be the most disruptive strike in the history of the health service, with the treatment of some cancer patients potentially having to be delayed as a result.
But even in these areas, there are"real concerns of a raised risk to safety", NHS Providers said.
"Many of the consultants who stepped up to do nights last time are not available or are more reluctant this time," a third said. Dr Latifa Patel, workforce lead for the British Medical Association, said:"No one understands better than us, the doctors who care for them, that patients are getting a substandard experience 365 days a year from an overstretched and understaffed NHS.
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