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The Latest Breaking News from Steve Barclay

Ambulance strike in England and Wales will bring ‘huge risk of harm’

Patients with serious conditions and injuries will have to get themselves to A&E, NHS chiefs say

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the NHS strikes: time to talk about pay, Mr Barclay

Editorial: The government’s refusal to negotiate with unions is based on disingenuous arguments

The Guardian - UK

Mum who confronted Health Secretary in hospital says he just 'wanted a photo opportunity'

Sarah Pinnington-Auld has been at King’s College Hospital while her daughter Lucy, receives treatment for cystic fibrosis - she told The Mirror that thinks Steve Barclay didn't want to be asked about the NHS

Daily Mirror

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The Mancunian Way: The push for Martyn's Law

PM calls Figen Murray about progress on legislation PLUS Why we’re striking AND The school helping families in unfit housing

Manchester Evening News

Ambulance unions to meet Health Secretary for 11th-hour talks ahead of strikes

With Steve Barclay refusing to discuss pay, it is highly likely the discussions will not avert disruption.

The Independent UK

The only course left for Sunak’s friendless government is to settle these strikes now

The Tories have even lost the support of their cheerleaders in the rightwing press, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Sunak ‘really disappointed’ by NHS strikes in run-up to Christmas

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged unions to consider whether the action was ‘really necessary’.

The Independent UK

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Sick child’s mother rebukes Steve Barclay over NHS staff being ‘worked to the bone’

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose daughter has cystic fibrosis, confronts health secretary during London hospital visit

The Guardian - UK

Still time for unions to ‘step back’ on strikes – Downing Street

Strikes by nurses and ambulance workers will mean an ‘incredibly challenging and disrupted’ week, unions said.

The Independent UK

What date is the ambulance drivers' strike and why it's taking place

Members of the GMB, Unison, and Unite unions will stage a strike across England over a pay dispute

Manchester Evening News

NHS bosses warn of 'extensive disruption' ahead of ambulance and nurses' strikes

Unite boss Sharon Graham said "the unions are not going to blink first"

Liverpool Echo

Top Tory boasts he could earn £400k as he defends not paying NHS workers more

Simon Clarke, who earns more than £84,000 as an MP, boasted his salary would be much higher in the private sector while arguing that the Government does 'not get the credit' it deserves on NHS pay

Daily Mirror

‘You’re doing terrible damage’: Steve Barclay confronted by mother of sick daughter over state of NHS

Health secretary grilled over lack of resources for ‘worked to the bone’ staff

The Independent UK

Mother berates Steve Barclay for working health workers ‘to the bone’

A mother, whose daughter has a ‘life-threatening condition’, has challenged Health Secretary Steve Barclay over the way health workers are “being worked to the bone” in an exchange caught on camera at a London hospital.

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Mum of poorly girl, 3, confronts Health Secretary at bedside over overworked NHS staff

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose three-year-old daughter Lucy has cystic fibrosis, told Steve Barclay staff are 'worked to the bone' and 'the damage you’re doing to families like myself is terrible'

Evening Standard

Fears about 999 responses grow as ambulance strike looms

Crews are still expected to cover life-threatening incidents, but it is not clear whether they will cover all emergency conditions

Wales Online

Nurses strike 'could last six months' warns health leader

Chief executive of NHS Providers urged the Government and unions to come to an agreement on pay

Evening Standard

NHS faces ‘incredibly challenging’ time as nurses warn strikes could last months

So far, the Government has stood firm on its stance on pay, saying the rise demanded by trade unions is unaffordable.

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The Independent UK

Steve Barclay ‘holding country to ransom’ by refusing to discuss nurses pay, says union boss

Unions won’t ‘blink first’, insists Unite chief – as RCN warns of January strikes if no pay talks

The Guardian - UK

Ambulance staff need firm promise on pay to call off strike, says union

Mere commitment to discuss pay, so far refused by health secretary, would now be insufficient

The Guardian - UK

Braverman says she wants to deliver Rwanda deportations at scale as soon as possible – as it happened

Home secretary welcomes high court judgment that policy is lawful

Evening Standard

Nursing strikes could last six months, warns union boss

A nursing union chief has raised the prospect that strike action could go on for six months, as she appealed for Health Secretary Steve Barclay to hold last ditch talks to avert Tuesday’s walk out.

Wales Online

Health Secretary is 'holding the country to ransom', insists union boss

Unite leader says Steve Barclay will get a 'rude awakening' if he refuses to negotiate on NHS pay

The Independent UK

Union boss warns Barclay will ‘carry the can’ if patients suffer due to strikes

Unite union leader Sharon Graham said the Health Secretary will get a ‘rude awakening’ if he refuses to negotiate on pay.

Evening Standard

Britain set for week of strike chaos as Government refuses to budge on NHS pay

Health Secretary Steve Barclay signals that he will not open discussions on pay with health unions

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