| Junior doctor | strikes | in England had ‘significant impact |
| The 2016 junior doctors | strikes | in England had a ‘significant |
| strike | there were over 100,000 |
| rate during any of the | strikes | |
| across England went on | strike | in protest against contractual changes |
| by the government. Before these | strikes | there had been only |
| one other | strike | in the previous 40 years |
| Each of the four | strikes | lasted 24–48 hours: 12 |
| This last was the only | strike | that |
| strikes | with that from the preceding |
| weeks preceding and following the | strikes | , there were |
| April’s | strike | had the largest impact on |
| this | strike | , while patients kept 134,711 |
| During all four | strikes | , hospitals cancelled nearly 300,000 |
| strikes | and wasn’t higher than |
| assess the impact of the | strikes | on |