DOCTORS IN ENGLAND WILL STRIKE AFTER THEY REJECT GOVERNMENT'S OFFER

British health minister Wes Streeting on Monday insisted doctors could still reschedule a planned five-day strike to January as hospitals grapple with a wave of rising flu cases, after the British Medical Association said the walk-out would go ahead.

The doctors' union - which represents the so-called resident doctors who make up nearly half of the medical workforce - said the strike would start on Wednesday, the latest of a series of strikes this year over pay and working conditions.

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