00:00Hospital strikes are not just about what happens on the wards. They affect patients waiting
00:05for appointments, staff covering gaps and families deciding where to turn. At Birmingham University
00:11Hospitals, resident doctors are due to strike in a pay dispute. The planned walkout runs from
00:177am on Monday 15th June until 6.59pm on Friday 19th. Resident doctors were previously known as
00:27junior doctors. Their union, the British Medical Association, announced the action last month.
00:33The trust says consultants, GPs and other specialist doctors along with NHS teams will
00:39still be working. It says services will inevitably face disruption and there could be a longer term
00:46impact because extra resources are needed to keep care running safely. Patients with appointments are
00:52told to attend unless they are contacted and told their appointment has been rescheduled.
00:57The trust says teams are trying to minimise the effect on planned care, but some services may
01:03need to change during the strike period. For urgent help, patients are advised to use NHS 111 online,
01:11the NHS app or the 3111 phone line if they cannot get online. For life threatening illness or injury,
01:20people are advised to call 999 as usual. Hospital management say their priority is to keep people
01:28safe through the dispute.
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