Junior doctors have also agreed with hospitals to protocols where they will return to work if there is an emergency where patients are at risk.
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Mr Sewa Singh, medical director for Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals, said: “Providing safe and effective care to our patients is always our priority and in preparation for the strike action on April 26 and 27, we have cancelled all non-urgent operations and clinic appointments”.
On the first day, four out of five junior doctors walked out as David Cameron criticised their withdrawal of emergency care.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has admitted this is likely to be his “last big job in politics” but insisted the Government will not be “blackmailed” into dropping its manifesto pledge of improving seven-day services.
Their all-out strike is due to resume at 8am tomorrow.
A spokesman for the Department of Health said: “We have continually sought a negotiated solution during three years of talks, during which there were two walkouts from the British Medical Association, and now there’s only the one issue of Saturday pay outstanding”.
This is the fifth strike since the impasse between the doctors and the government began after the 2015 elections.
In a poll conducted by the Manchester Evening News 82% of those surveyed said they supported the strike.
Under the proposed new contract, basic pay for junior doctors will increase by 13.5 per cent on average.
She said: “This strike feels different from the other ones because we knew doctors were working on the wards and I don’t think it will affect the overall care in the hospital but it means that everyone is here in support”.
He added: “These two days of industrial action mark one of the lowest points in the wonderful history of the NHS”.
Dr Phil Atkinson, a junior doctor from Bramhope working in anaesthetics, was among the picketers at LGI today.
“But we’ve all agreed, we wouldn’t be here if the dispute were only for the money aspect of the contract – patient safety is the key”.
Government Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, has been in negotiations for months, over the contract but has so far refused to move towards a suitable agreement.
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“A lot of junior doctors are frightened now to even mention money because of the way the government has pushed this campaign of us all been greedy, when in fact there are lots of elements of this contract we have problems with”.
