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Tom Dolphin says ‘the same model that has worked for all the previous strikes to keep patients safe will apply’ during next week’s planned walkout, which comes amid surging flu cases

The Health Secretary said the BMA has chosen next week for a walkout as the union knows it ‘will be most painful for the NHS’.

The number of patients with flu in the capital’s hospitals has jumped 47% to 380 in a week

As flu cases jump 55% in a week, Health Secretary Wes Streeting pleads with doctors to cancel their December strike. The NHS faces a 'worst-case scenario' winter crisis.

Health secretary urges resident doctors, who are to strike from 17 December, to accept his offer to end dispute

The Health Secretary called on resident doctors to call off their industrial action amid a sharp rise in flu cases across the country.

The Health Secretary appealed directly to resident doctors

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The health secretary will point to a ‘worst-case’ outbreak of flu sweeping hospital wards, a public losing sympathy with the strikes and a sensible offer on the negotiating table as he bids to steer a way through this NHS crisis

PM urges medics to ‘do the responsible thing, accept the offer that’s on the table, and we can all move forward’

Hospitalisations for flu in England hit highest ever levels for this time of year

The Health Secretary has offered to extend the British Medical Association’s strike mandate if it calls off the action over the festive period.