South Yorkshire doctors join strike action
Hundreds of junior doctors across South Yorkshire are on strike after last-ditch talks failed to reach an agreement.
Hundreds of junior doctors across South Yorkshire are on strike after last-ditch talks failed to reach an agreement.
Junior doctors - all medics below consultant level - are providing emergency care only in the 24-hour walkout, which started at 8am.
It is the second strike by the British Medical Association (BMA) in a bitter dispute with the Government over a new contract.
The first strike in January led to thousands of operations, procedures and appointments being cancelled across the NHS.
Wednesday's action is causing similar disruption, with analysis by NHS England showing 1,150 planned inpatient procedures have been cancelled alongside 1,734 day procedures.
Thousands more appointments could be affected.