BETSI Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) has warned of disruption to its services during the junior doctors strike.

Junior doctors across Wales are striking over pay between 8am on Monday, January 15, and 7am on Thursday, January 18.

The Welsh junior doctors committee made the decision to ballot members in August after being offered a below-inflation pay offer of 5 per cent.

In a joint statement, Dr Oba Babs-Osibodu and Dr Peter Fahey, co-chairs of BMA Cymru Wales' junior doctors committee, said the ballot results showed the "strength of feeling".

"We are frustrated, in despair and angry… we can't and we won't take any further erosion of our pay," they said.

"Our members have been forced to take this difficult decision because junior doctors in Wales have experienced a pay cut of 29.6 per cent in real terms over the last 15 years."

A spokesperson BCUHB said:  "This will impact our hospital services and we are currently working hard with our staff to keep patients safe during planned strikes while delivering the best care possible.

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"This does, however, mean that some planned care appointments will need to be rearranged. Anyone who has an appointment that needs to be rearranged will be contacted directly to discuss this.

"If you have a planned appointment then please still attend unless you are contacted directly to say otherwise.

"During this time we would urge anyone who requires care or support to visit the NHS 111 Wales website in the first instance to be advised about the most appropriate service, which might be self-care at home, a visit to the pharmacy, a GP appointment, a Minor Injuries Unit, or, in life threatening circumstances, the hospital Emergency Department."