Prof Lesley Dwyer, chief executive of the Norfolk and Waveney Hospitals Group - the newly-formed body responsible for Norfolk's acute hospitals - told a board meeting plans were in place to deal with the impact.

Prof Lesley Dwyer (Image: Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group)

Resident doctors started five days of industrial action on Wednesday (December 17) in a dispute over pay and jobs.

Hopes that the strike could be averted at the last minute were dashed on Monday when members of the British Medical Association (BMA) rejected a fresh offer from the government.

The issue was discussed at the first board meeting of the newly-created Norfolk and Waveney Hospitals Group - which........

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