Doctors have ended their strike and returned to work amid new hope that a deal over changes to their contracts can be reached before the next planned 48-hour walkout.
Thousands of junior doctors walked out for 24 hours, while around 4,000 operations had to be cancelled.
Two further strikes are planned but talks are expected to resume in an effort to break the stalemate.
More than half of junior doctors across England went on strike as part of the ongoing dispute over contract changes, NHS England has reported.
According to figures from trusts around the country, around 44 per cent of the 26,000 junior doctors due to be at work reported for duty.
This includes those who had no intention of being on strike, such as those involved in emergency care.
Combining junior doctors, other doctors and consultants, this means some 73 per cent of the country's total medical workforce were in work during the 48-hour strike action.
Official figures show 5,264 procedures were cancelled because of the strike, including 2,077 inpatient and 3,187 day case procedures.
Retired Dr Henry Goodall, who was a junior doctor in 1970, says the current generation are "used to working less hard with fewer hours".
As junior doctors in hospitals across England go on strike for 24 hours today, a junior doctor writes for ITV News on why she is striking.
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