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Public urged to use NHS 111 during planned walk out by Resident Doctors from Tuesday
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is urging people to use NHS 111 for all non emergency healthcare needs ahead of the strike by:- Resident Doctors (previously known as Junior Doctors), which will run from:- 7am, on:- Tuesday, 7 April to 7am, on:- Monday, 13 April 2026.
The industrial action will cause significant disruption, with NHS Trusts across Cheshire and Merseyside set to be severely impacted. Emergency care and other critical services such as:- Maternity Departments. will be open and life-threatening calls responded to. People should always call 999 or attend accident and emergency services in the event of a:- life or limb threatening emergency. Local services will keep their websites and social media accounts up to date with information about service disruption, so please check before you travel. NHS 111 The NHS 111 service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can call, go online or use the NHS App to find out:-
You can find out more about NHS 111 here.
If needed, NHS 111 can also arrange a call back from a:- Nurse, Doctor or Paramedic, or an appointment at the most appropriate local service including:- Local Pharmacies, Urgent Treatment Centres, GP Practices or A&E. You can use these links to find more information about:-
Almost half of all Hospital Doctors are Resident Doctors. You will see Resident Doctors working in almost every part of a busy Hospital.
This includes A&E where they might:- diagnose you or put you under anaesthetic, write prescriptions, support the process of admission and discharge. When asked about the disruption UNISON North West regional organiser Kevin Dolan said:- “It's disappointing the trust has ignored the union's requests to sit down and negotiate a resolution to this dispute. Nobody wants to be on strike, and there's still time for Managers to come back with a fair solution and avoid disruption. But cutting pay and slashing pensions is no way to deal with staff shortages. Many workers are already struggling to make ends meet and are rightly angry at this approach." COMMENTS (0)
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