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An imploding health service underpins junior doctors’ radicalisation

With real pay down 26% since 2008 and demoralised workplaces, medics are striking not out of militancy but from deep-rooted frustration

The Guardian - UK

Emergency care to be prioritised during junior doctors’ strike, says NHS England

England’s top doctor has warned that the walkouts are set to be ‘the most disruptive industrial action in NHS history’.

The Independent UK

Steve Barclay says junior doctor pay demands are 'unrealistic'

The Health Secretary says the union is taking a 'militant stance' on pay

Wales Online

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Health secretary accuses union of ‘militant stance’ in row over junior doctors’ pay

Post-Easter weekend strikes will cause ‘unparalleled levels of disruption’, medical director warns

The Independent UK

NHS strikes 'will cause unparalleled disruption' - but Steve Barclay doubles down

Floundering Health Secretary Steve Barclay is under pressure to resolve the dispute, with the British Medical Association (BMA) saying a 'credible offer' would end plans for a strike starting on Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Health Secretary Steve Barclay faces questions over meetings with nightclub owners

The Health Secretary met with representatives of Ministry of Sound twice in November, while Nurses were seeking negotiations to avoid strike action. His department refuses to explain what was discussed at the meetings

Daily Mirror

Junior doctors’ strike could delay 250,000 appointments, say NHS bosses

Concerns over impact on patient safety of four days of strikes next week by junior doctors in England

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'Health Secretary is putting lives at risk by refusing to hold urgent talks'

Steve Barclay should be doing everything he can to avoid this calamity but so far he has refused to resume negotiations with the British Medical Association

Daily Mirror

Essex mental health inquiry pointless without legal powers, say families

Call for review to have statutory powers to make witnesses give evidence after only 11 of 14,000 come forward

The Guardian - UK

BMA calls for ‘credible’ pay offer to halt four-day strike by junior doctors

The BMA called on Health Secretary Steve Barclay to show he is serious about pay restoration for next week’s walkout to be halted.

The Independent UK

Tory MP filmed typing his birthday for phone password during meeting in 'careless' gaffe

Former junior minister James Morris has been labelled "careless" after being filmed on a live committee stream typing in his date of birth to access his mobile phone

Daily Mirror

Hospital bosses call for 'urgent resolution ' to next week's junior doctor strikes which will put 'huge strain' on the NHS

Dame Jackie Daniel - who runs the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust - has joined colleagues from around England's biggest hospitals to urge a speedy resolution to junior doctor strike action

Chronicle Live

NHS consultants to be balloted over strike action

NHS consultants will be balloted over strike action next month, the British Medical Association has announced.

Evening Standard

Sharp rise in flu patients in London hospitals as pressure builds ahead of junior doctors strike

Pressure building on hospitals in the capital ahead of four-day walkout next Tuesday

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Evening Standard

NHS consultants ‘fear patients will die’ during junior doctors’ strike, Commons told

NHS consultants fear patients will die during the next junior doctors’ strike, the Commons was told on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Health chiefs say NHS pay offer must be fully funded after government pledge

NHS Providers leader warns ‘no fat left to trim’ as Treasury confirms part of funding will come from allocation of extra money

Evening Standard

Health Secretary Steve Barclay urges nurses to back pay offer as row erupts over how it will be funded

NHS chiefs deny pay deal can be partly funding by new ‘efficiencies’ in the health service

The Guardian - UK

NHS staff shortages in England could exceed 570,000 by 2036, leaked document warns

Exclusive: workplace plan sent to ministers says deficit will rise rapidly from current 154,000 if current trends continue

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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.

Evening Standard

Junior doctors to escalate strike action with four-day walkout in April

Junior doctors in England are to escalate their strike action with a four-day walkout in April , the BMA have announced.

Daily Mirror

Junior doctors to walkout for 96 HOURS next month, BMA announces

It comes after the union accused the Health Secretary Steve Barclay of failing to present any "credible offer" to striking junior doctors in the dispute over pay and working conditions.

The Independent UK

Leaders in dementia research to chair Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission

The mission was launched by former prime minister Boris Johnson in August 2022.

Daily Mirror

Ministers splash more on new iPhones for Whitehall health staff than on defibrillators

Labour has hit out at the 'warped' decision to spend an estimated £1.5 million on state-of-the-art phones for Department of Health staff last year, while just £1 million was set aside for new life-saving defibrillators

The Guardian - UK

Voters back Labour on public services as unions blame Tories for ‘months of misery’

Poll shows just 17% of people back the Conservatives on public services against 43% for the opposition

The Guardian - UK

Junior doctors in England agree to pay talks after three-day strike

Industrial action this week led to at least 175,000 appointments and procedures being postponed

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