London Doctor Strike

Hospital doctors in England today staged the biggest walkout in the history of the UK's state-funded National Health Service, prompting fears for patient safety.

Thousands of junior doctors at English hospitals staged a second strike on Wednesday against proposed new conditions and pay rates for working unsociable hours.

English doctors staged their first strike in 40 years on Tuesday over government plans to reform pay and conditions for working anti-social hours, in a move health chiefs have warned could put patients' lives at risk.

Britain's cash-strapped National Health Service (NHS) is planning to strike up a series of healthcare deals in India, including inviting Indian doctors to treat patients in UK, in a bid to boost its coffers.

A pioneering Indian-origin brain doctor, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, has set on a five-day hunger strike in London to protest "unfair" treatment meted to him and his colleagues by the National Health Service for raising concerns about Britain's health services.

Hospital doctors in England today staged the biggest walkout in the history of the UK's state-funded National Health Service, prompting fears for patient safety.

Thousands of junior doctors at English hospitals staged a second strike on Wednesday against proposed new conditions and pay rates for working unsociable hours.

English doctors staged their first strike in 40 years on Tuesday over government plans to reform pay and conditions for working anti-social hours, in a move health chiefs have warned could put patients' lives at risk.

Britain's cash-strapped National Health Service (NHS) is planning to strike up a series of healthcare deals in India, including inviting Indian doctors to treat patients in UK, in a bid to boost its coffers.

A pioneering Indian-origin brain doctor, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, has set on a five-day hunger strike in London to protest "unfair" treatment meted to him and his colleagues by the National Health Service for raising concerns about Britain's health services.