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Starmer vows millions of new NHS appointments to end 18-month waits for treatment

With pressure growing on the prime minister to deliver on his general election promises, he will use a major speech to set out a plan aimed at taking millions of patients off waiting lists and tackling backlogs in hospitals

The Independent UK

NHS could ‘go the way of Woolies’ and collapse without reform, Streeting warns

More NHS patients who need elective care will be able to decide where they are treated under Government plans to slash waiting lists.

The Independent UK

Streeting: NHS App upgrade to give patients more choice in bid to cut wait times

The measures form part of the forthcoming elective reform plan.

The Independent UK

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Ban physician associates from diagnosing patients after woman's blood clot death, says doctor's union

Union warns PAs must be supervised after death of Emily Chesterton

Evening Standard

‘Blurring of roles’ between doctors and less qualified staff must end – BMA

The union has called for the recruitment of less qualified staff to be paused.

The Independent UK

Public blames Government for long NHS waiting list – BMA

Junior doctors and consultants will launch a joint three-day strike this week in their pay dispute.

The Independent UK

Doctors pay award ‘not enough to suspend NHS’s longest strike’, says union

Junior doctors, who began their longest walkout yet in England on Thursday, will receive six per cent rises under new deal

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BMA: Doctors’ 6% pay offer ‘missed opportunity’ to end strikes

Rishi Sunak said he had accepted the recommendation of public sector pay review bodies and was making a ‘final offer’ to unions.

The Independent UK

Acas ‘ready’ to facilitate talks between junior doctors and the Government

The conciliation service said it is well prepared and ready to help end the dispute.

The Independent UK

The NHS is ‘collapsing’ – leading medic warns

The British Medical Association said that the NHS is ‘flashing red’ on almost all performance measures.

The Independent UK

Doctor strikes could last until 2025, senior medic warns

Dr Phil Banfield, chairman of council at the British Medical Association, says relations between profession and government are at lowest ebb in thirty years

The Independent UK

Top medic describes ‘loss of trust’ between Government and doctors

It comes as doctors prepare to stage strikes later this month.

The Independent UK

NHS at 75 – patients being penalised for living longer, top medic warns

The British Medical Association chair has warned that the health service is ‘shrinking’, despite increasing need for it.

The Independent UK

NHS whistleblowers need to be better protected by the law, says BMA

Doctors’ union claims its members are labelled ‘troublemakers’ for speaking up about their concerns

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Evening Standard

BMA chairman expects junior doctors to vote for strike next week

Union hopes members will give ‘positive’ response to proposal of three-day strike

Manchester Evening News

Hundreds are 'dying unnecessarily' in NHS crisis as government urged to 'step up and take action'

"The current situation in the NHS is intolerable and unsustainable"

Daily Mirror

Healthcare in CRISIS: Future of NHS is on a knife-edge as Tories urged to act NOW

Medics warned Tory cuts have left the NHS on its knees, amid claims up to 500 people a week die because of delays in emergency care

The Independent UK

NHS pressure ‘intolerable and unsustainable’, warn medics

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine claimed that somewhere between 300 and 500 people are dying each week due to delays.

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The Independent UK

‘NHS won’t cope’: 40% of junior doctors plan to quit, survey reveals

33% plan to work in another country next year, BMA poll finds

The Guardian - UK

Covid: hospitals fight sickness and backlogs as latest wave hits UK

Staff absences adding to workforce problems caused by Brexit, pension disputes and exhaustion, says expert

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