THE NHS is asking patients in Worcestershire to use services wisely over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend and during the latest strike action.
Anyone needing urgent medical care should still seek it and patients should also attend planned appointments unless the NHS contacts them to rearrange.
Bank holiday opening times may vary for local services such as community pharmacies, dentistry, and GP surgeries.
Junior doctors are taking part in a 92 hour strike between 7am on Tuesday, April 11 and 7am on Saturday, April 15.
For any non-emergency health need it is advised to visit NHS 111 online.
Anyone with a life-threatening medical issue should still call 999 and in all cases priority will be given to those with the most medically urgent needs.
Dr Colette Marshall, regional medical director for commissioning at NHS England in the Midlands: “NHS staff will be working incredibly hard, as ever, and this is always a busy time for our services so we would ask patients to use them wisely.
"There will be an impact on services due to the strikes but the NHS has tried and tested methods to manage any disruption and we will continue using these, while asking for the support of patients.
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