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Patients to ‘pay price’ for ministers and unions failing to stop strikes, says NHS chief

Warning from head of NHS in England comes as minister accuses junior doctors of walking away from talks

The Guardian - UK

Steve Barclay accuses junior doctors of ‘walking away from talks’ as pay dispute continues

Steve Barclay defended the Government’s stance on NHS pay rises as he claimed junior doctors had “walked away from talks”.

Evening Standard

How do we know health screening programmes work?

The UK is set to roll out a national lung cancer screening programme for people aged 55 to 74 with a history of smoking. The idea is to catch lung cancer at an early stage when it is more treatable.

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NHS plan explained: More than 300,000 extra doctors, nurses and other workers expected

The proposal hailed as a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to put staffing in the service on sustainable footing

The Independent UK

Health Secretary labels NHS plan ‘most radical reform’ in NHS since founding

Steve Barclay says bid to recruit and retain more staff is an ‘historic opportunity to do things differently’.

The Independent UK

Inquiry into 2,000 mental health deaths in Essex NHS trusts given legal powers

After pressure from bereaved relatives and inquiry chair, witnesses will be compelled to give evidence

The Guardian - UK

Health secretary launches national investigation into NHS mental health scandals after Independent exposés

Steve Barclay also announced public inquiry into ‘tragic’ mental health deaths across Essex NHS trusts as he said ‘I’d like to thank The Independent for raising awareness of this important issue’

The Independent UK

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Barclay insists ‘personal freedom’ at heart of illness prevention approach

The Health Secretary suggested the NHS should ‘double down’ on giving patients more control.

The Independent UK

Just 6% of people agree with Government definition of a ‘new’ hospital – poll

Conservative voters are just as likely as Labour supporters and Liberal Democrats to think the term ‘new’ means an entirely new hospital.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak visits Nottingham to announce extension of lung cancer screening

He visited a GP practice and a mobile targeted lung health check unit

Nottingham Post

Steve Barclay ‘frustrated health officials by delaying vaccine programme signoff’

Other senior staff allowed rollout to begin 10 days before Treasury’s formal green light, new book claims

The Guardian - UK

Junior doctors to strike for five days in July in longest NHS walkout

Junior doctors in England will strike for five days from July 13 in what is thought to be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service, the British Medical Association announced on Friday.

Evening Standard

New drugs could be offered to people with MND ‘more rapidly’

The scheme across the UK will screen candidate drugs.

The Independent UK

Government ‘shares lessons’ on vaping with Australia

Australian ministers have announced that they will ban non-prescription vapes.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

NHS could see more apprenticeships in ‘harder to recruit’ areas – Barclay

The much-anticipated NHS workforce plan is expected to be published soon.

The Guardian - UK

NHS Providers boss warns of health service ‘looking into abyss’ if consultants strike

BMA’s junior doctors’ committee says government can end dispute by ‘paying doctors what they are worth’

Manchester Evening News

'We'll strike every month until next spring if we have to' - hundreds of doctors take to the streets of Manchester

If members vote to continue strikes, junior doctors will take to picket lines for three days a month, every month, until March 2024

The Independent UK

Junior doctors strikes will escalate to ‘indefinite with-drawl of labor’, union lead warns

Hundreds of junior doctors gathered outside of an NHS conference to protest on the first day of strikes

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Evening Standard

Junior doctors preparing to strike every month until next spring amid pay row

If members vote to continue strikes, junior doctors will take to picket lines for three days a month, every month, until March 2024

Manchester Evening News

Junior doctors say they're striking to restore pay - and save the NHS amid an exodus of medics deciding to work abroad

Medics on a picket line at Salford Royal Hospital said more and more colleagues are leaving an NHS 'in crisis'

Daily Mirror

Hospital patients at 'serious risk' as heatwave hits during doctors strikes

NHS England issued a statement asking people to check on elderly friends and relatives and warning people with conditions such as asthma are at increased risk

The Independent UK

Junior doctors across England go on strike in dispute over pay

It comes as NHS chiefs warned the number of people seeking emergency help will rise as the hot weather continues across the UK.

The Guardian - UK

BMA chair urges Sunak to broker settlement with junior doctors

As three-day strike starts, Prof Philip Banfield tells PM that junior doctors feel ‘you have not listened and do not value them’

Manchester Evening News

'I'm an NHS doctor - this is why junior doctors are striking today... and consultants could follow them'

"Junior doctors have just had enough, really, of being taken for granted"

Daily Mirror

9 in 10 doctors expect NHS to get worse, poll shows on eve of 72-hour strike

The British Medical Association polled 2,000 doctors on the eve of their three day strike from 7am following a decade of below inflation pay deals

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