Prof Roland, also a consultant in children’s emergency medicine, said the numbers of resident doctors who went on strike would be available “soon”.
“With the planning for this, we’ve done everything we possibly can to minimise disruption,” he said.
“There have been some postponements and cancellations but we’ve worked extremely hard to make sure if there has been an appointment or if a procedure has been postponed it would be picked up in due course.
“We are working really hard to make sure we deliver the best possible care in the way that the public expect it.
“The priority within the trust and the system is to make sure that patients receive timely and safe care where that’s possible and we will continue to do that.
“Our services are open as they normally are.”
Similarly, Dr David Ridley, a consultant at the emergency department, said staff were striving to offer the same services on strike days.
“It is essentially business as usual on these days anyway and we continue to deliver the same quality of emergency care as we always do,” he told the BBC.
“Our message to the public would be ‘if you have a genuine emergency, then we would still want you to attend [the emergency department]’.
“Clearly for non-emergency matters these are best dealt with by seeking advice on the NHS website, using the 101 services or using their GP as the first point of call.”