Doctors’ strike timed to cause havoc over Easter break, says NHS England chief

Sir Jim Mackey said hospitals were struggling to fill rotas because six-day action was scheduled over holiday

The latest strike by resident doctors in England has been “deliberately timed to cause havoc” by coinciding with hospital staff’s Easter holidays, the head of the NHS has claimed.

Hospitals have struggled to find enough doctors to replace those who have refused to work during the six-day walkout, Sir Jim Mackey, the chief executive of NHS England, said.