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Ministers today pleaded with union bosses to 'come back to the table', while senior MPs accused striking medics of 'holding the country to ransom', labelling the action 'an act of cruelty'.
NHS Trusts across the country have offered advice in a bid to keep people away from hospitals during the longest strike in NHS history.
While the row over pay and conditions shows little sign of a conclusion, a Mail investigation found bosses of the 11 trusts with the longest referral waiting times all earn more than the Prime Minister.
Read about the appointment of Ali Kennah as the new executive chief nurse for Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
MORE than 300 staff that Warrington and Halton Hospital ‘couldn’t function without’ have voted to strike.