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Plans have been made to deal with a "difficult" second day of the junior doctors' strike, NHS England has said.
More than 5,000 operations and procedures have been postponed as a result of the 48-hour walkout which started at 08:00 BST on Wednesday.
NHS England national incident director Dr Anne Rainsberry said there would probably be greater impact on Thursday.
Junior doctors in England are taking part in a fourth strike in a long-running dispute over a new contract.
Dr Rainsberry said: "Patients are at the heart of the NHS and we can only apologise to the thousands of people facing disruption and uncertainty as a result of this ongoing action.
"We've already seen the pressure a 48-hour stoppage places on the NHS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35983941
More than 5,000 operations and procedures have been postponed as a result of the 48-hour walkout which started at 08:00 BST on Wednesday.
NHS England national incident director Dr Anne Rainsberry said there would probably be greater impact on Thursday.
Junior doctors in England are taking part in a fourth strike in a long-running dispute over a new contract.
Dr Rainsberry said: "Patients are at the heart of the NHS and we can only apologise to the thousands of people facing disruption and uncertainty as a result of this ongoing action.
"We've already seen the pressure a 48-hour stoppage places on the NHS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35983941