UK hospitals face catastrophic impact as junior doctors plan to strike again.

Tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) in the UK are set to go on a four-day strike, which could postpone up to 350,000 appointments. The strike comes amid walkouts by public workers across many sectors demanding pay hikes during a cost-of-living crisis. The British Medical Association has asked for a 35% pay rise to bring junior doctor pay back to 2008 levels. The strikes would risk patient safety, and the government and the union should call in outside negotiators to help break the impasse, said Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation.