NHSE blames junior doctors’ strike for impending elective target failure

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A senior NHS England figure has blamed the junior doctors’ strike for trusts’ impending failure to hit a flagship target to eliminate 78-week waiters by next month, but HSJ  understands the service would have fallen short even without the medics’ walkout.

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