Hospital bosses have expressed concern about keeping patients safe as they struggle to secure cover for overnight junior doctor shifts during strikes.

NHS Providers warned that the 96-hour junior doctor walkout will cause a “very long, difficult week” for the health service.

NHS England’s national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: “Staff are working incredibly hard during this unprecedented period of industrial action, and we expect the situation to become more challenging each day this strike progresses."

Health Secretary Steve Barclay said the timing of the strike was “regrettable”, and he accused the BMA of putting patients at “greater risk” after not agreeing any national exemptions for strike action for some services, such as cancer care. Mr Barclay said he deeply regrets the walkout and, 'in particular, the timing...deliberately coming straight after Easter'.

The Government and the union appeared to be at a stalemate after Downing Street insisted there will be no talks unless junior doctors abandon their starting position of a 35% rise and call off the strikes.

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