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iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
lots of routine care has been cancelled. not everywhere. patients are being advised to have a look on the website of the hospital to see what is happening. if you have been contacted to come in, do but many appointments and operations have been cancelled right across england. thousands, tens of thousands, ofjunior doctors on strike and when we sayjunior doctors, we mean all those doctors up to consultant level and we mean half the medical workforce in hospitals. so, a significant impact on hospitals overwinter. doctor lizzie greenfield is one of the junior doctors. you were just telling me before we came on air why you ve come out here today, just talk us through why. from day one of work as a junior doctor, there was low staffing, gaps not filled on the rotas, corridor nursing, and the hospital was at a critical capacity. that s from my first day. so, ithink, you know, to have experienced that, just makes you realise how people are getting so burned out, how we re not being