Biggest strike day in NHS history will be ‘difficult’, chief warns

A member of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London (Jeff Moore/PA)

The biggest strike in the history of the NHS will be a “difficult” a senior health service leader has warned, as a top emergency doctor described ongoing chaos in A&E departments.

Chris Hopson, chief strategy officer for NHS England, said that combined action on February 6 is a “step change” in the dispute.