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Junior doctors bring dispute to end by voting to accept Streeting’s pay offer

Almost two-thirds vote in favour of average salary increase of 22.3% over two years after 18 months of strikes

The Guardian - UK

Junior doctors confident further strikes can be avoided after meeting Streeting

BMA figures say they are hopeful NHS pay row can be resolved after talks with health secretary

The Guardian - UK

Junior doctors could strike under Labour, union warns as five-day walkout begins

Junior doctors warn strikes could continue despite Labour shadow health secretary Wes Streeting’s promise of talks on July 5 if party wins general election

Evening Standard

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Junior doctors urged to ‘be reasonable’ as latest round of strike action begins

The walkout begins at 7am on Saturday and will end at 11.59pm on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Humza Yousaf attacks Tories for 'choosing tax cuts for wealthy' over fair NHS pay

HUMZA Yousaf has accused the UK Government of prioritising “tax cuts for the wealthy” over fair pay for NHS staff as junior doctors in England…

The National (Scotland)

Junior Doctors in England Prepare for Strikes Amidst Pay Dispute

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced plans for strikes, scheduling walkouts before Christmas and in early January, lasting several days each.

International Business Times UK

Union leader urges PM to return ‘to real world’ to settle doctors’ pay dispute

Junior doctors staged a rally outside Downing Street amid fresh NHS strikes.

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Fears NHS strikes causing double the number of reported cancellations

True impact on patients being ‘masked’ as junior doctors to walk out for fifth time

Evening Standard

Strikes cancellations ‘tip of the iceberg’ – NHS Confederation

In a ‘worst-case scenario’, industrial action in the NHS could be causing double the number of cancellations being reported, representatives say.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors in England announce four further days of strikes

It is the latest round of strikes from both junior doctors and consultants, which has led to the cancellation of tens of thousands of NHS appointments

The Independent UK

Junior doctors in England to stage five-day strike in July

Members of the British Medical Association will walk out from July 13 to 18.

The Independent UK

Doctors demand probe as ‘misleading’ NHS tweet is fact-checked by Twitter

A doctors’ leader behind the worst strike in NHS history has written to the Cabinet Secretary about a “misleading” official tweet that had to be fact-checked by Twitter.

Evening Standard

NHS braces for more strikes as nurses expected to reject pay deal

Royal College of Nursing members expected to reject one-off £2,500 payment and a 5 per cent salary increase next year

The Independent UK

More nursing strikes ‘possible’ if members reject pay deal

Royal College of Nursing to announce results of a ballot on Government pay deal on Friday afternoon

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The Independent UK

Nursing union to reveal pay ballot result as junior doctors remain on strike

Junior doctors in England will strike again on Friday while the RCN is set to announce the result of a ballot over a proposed pay offer.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors leader insists he is ‘still working’ on holiday during strikes

Dr Robert Laurenson has been criticised for taking a break to attend a wedding during the strikes.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors’ union asks Acas to help end strike deadlock

Ministers were urged to get round the table to try to break the deadlock between the parties as junior doctors began a second day of strike action.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors: BMA asks Acas to help as it urges Government to enter negotiations

Ministers were urged to get round the table to try and break the deadlock between the parties as junior doctors began a second day of strike action.

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The Independent UK

Junior doctors defend ‘plonker’ union leader for being on holiday during strike

Dr Robert Laurenson, co-chairman of the British Medical Association’s junior doctor committee, is attending a family friend’s wedding

The Independent UK

Health Secretary accused of ‘trying to pinch pennies’ in junior doctors pay row

Dr Robert Laurenson, of the BMA, apologised for the disruption from further strikes but said he does not think they will put patients’ lives at risk.

The Independent UK

Barclay: Disappointing ‘hugely disruptive’ junior doctors strike to go ahead

The Health Secretary warned the 72-hour walkout ‘presents a real risk to patient safety’.

Evening Standard

Junior doctors strike to go ahead after talks with Government fail

British Medical Association representatives branded talks with Health Secretary Steve Barclay ‘disappointing’

Daily Mirror

Tories invite NHS unions to pay talks in potential breakthrough to avert strikes

Health unions have finally been called in for pay talks by the Government - a day after the GMB union said paramedics would attend only the most obviously life-threatening 999 calls during its next England-wide strike

Liverpool Echo

NHS junior doctors to strike on three days next month

The BMA has said there will be a "full 72 hour walkout"

Chronicle Live

Junior doctors to strike: NHS set for more industrial action with medics set for 72-hour walkout

Thousands of NHS junior doctors are set to go on strike next month

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