evidence: More than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctor strike in England last week, figures show. [...] Health Secretary Steve Barclay called the number of cancelled appointments and procedures "deeply disappointing", and blamed it for hampering efforts to cut NHS waiting lists. [...] "Each of the appointments postponed has an impact on the lives of individuals and their families and creates further pressure on services and on a tired workforce - and this is likely to be an underestimate of the impact as some areas provisionally avoided scheduling appointments for these strike days.