Thousands of NHS consultants are striking across England, causing large-scale disruption to patient care.

Senior doctors and hospital dentists in the British Medical Association walked out for 48 hours until 7am on Saturday in a pay dispute.

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

Thousands of operations, procedures and appointments have been cancelled and are being rescheduled after the biggest consultant pickets in a decade.

It comes just two days after junior doctors staged a five-day walkout, the longest in NHS history.

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