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Exclusive: Health leaders call for uplift for lowest-paid staff to prevent ‘mass exodus’, as dental services also face workforce crisis

The number of children and young people waiting for urgent treatment for eating disorders has hit a record high, new data shows.

Employment rights reforms are not expected to be included in the Queen’s speech next week

Letters: The government’s claim that Covid is being managed like any other respiratory illness flies in the face of health workers’ daily experience, writes Calum Paton, while David Hastings cannot believe the relaxed attitude to the death toll

Downing Street said that it was “alive to the pressures” that the NHS is facing

The NHS Confederation has urged ministers to back "mitigating actions" such as curbs on meeting indoors and masks in crowded spaces

The group has warned of a 'brutal' Easter, but the Government has rejected its calls

"NHS leaders and their teams feel abandoned by the Government and they deserve better.”

NHS Confederation chief Matthew Taylor said: ‘No 10 has seemingly abandoned any interest in Covid whatsoever.’

Hospital leaders say people should be encouraged to meet outdoors instead of indoors as serious pressure on hospitals continues

‘The brutal reality for staff and patients is that this Easter in the NHS is as bad as any winter’ says NHS Confederation