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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

Junior doctors announce fresh strikes after talks break down

Health leaders warn new strikes come at toughest time of the year for the NHS

The Independent UK

Live updates | Israel’s military calls for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens offensive

Israel’s military has called for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens its offensive aimed at eliminating the territory’s Hamas rulers

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Cabinet minister says UK military is flying ‘unarmed and unmanned drones’ over Gaza

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has admitted that the UK is flying ‘unarmed and unmanned drones’ over Gaza to ‘search for hostages’.

The Independent UK

Avoiding winter crisis in NHS is 'number one priority', Health Secretary says

Winter planning started much earlier than normal, Victoria Atkins says, with 5,000 hospital beds built and 800 new ambulances

Evening Standard

Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists at risk from industrial action, says minister

Health secretary, Victoria Atkins, urges doctors in England to settle with government over pay and conditions

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer sparks Labour backlash after praising Thatcher in Tory voter bid

A Labour MP said Margaret Thatcher left Britain with poverty and deprivation not seen since the Dickensian era

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Health secretary talks of ‘new relationship’ with striking junior doctors

In markedly different tone from her predecessor, Victoria Atkins tells of her ‘respect’ for junior doctors

The Guardian - UK

UK coroners issue warning over deaths linked to ambulance delays – and say it could get worse over winter

Health secretary is told persistent NHS crises, including avoidable deaths and insufficient mental health beds, are systemic

The Guardian - UK

MPs to press new Health Secretary on NHS data platform plans

The health and social care committee said the Government has acknowledged it ‘needed to do better to communicate the benefits of digital healthcare’.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt will say the NHS is treating fewer patients with more money. Whose fault is that, chancellor?

The autumn statement will be another chance for the Tories to offload blame, as if 13 years of failure and cuts hadn’t happened, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Millions of women able to get contraceptive pills over the counter next year

Women across England will be spared the inconvenience of having to make a GP appointment in order to obtain contraceptives

The Independent UK

Millions of women to be offered free contraceptive pills in pharmacies

Women will be able to get a first prescription of the pill and repeat orders without having to see a GP.

The Independent UK

Nearly 250,000 people awaiting adult social care needs assessment – report

Two reports out on Thursday highlight the challenges facing the social care sector.

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New health secretary vows to end NHS strikes – but misses key conference just days into job

Victoria Atkins told delegates via video link that she would take a “fair and reasonable resolution” to the ongoing industrial action

The Independent UK

New Health Secretary: I’m an optimist who will get around the table on strikes

Victoria Atkins was speaking by video link to delegates at the NHS Providers’ conference in Liverpool.

The Independent UK

King celebrates 75th birthday by chatting to hundreds of NHS nurses

Charles hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace to highlight the work of nurses and midwives over the decades as part of the NHS 75 celebrations.

The Guardian - UK

Men hold top four roles in UK government for first time since 2010

Downing Street says it is not focused on ‘tick-box diversity’ and women get senior jobs elsewhere

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Evening Standard

Victoria Atkins: Rishi's 'steady' new health secretary whose husband is a sugar baron

The former criminal barrister has been described as a "new Tory talent" and seasoned junior minister who is "definitely on the left of the party". So does her appointment signal a more liberal era? Katie Strick reports

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British prime ministers reshuffle more than other leaders – what the latest changes tell us about Rishi Sunak's government

Suella Braverman’s firing kicked off a major reshuffle of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet – probably his last attempt at a substantial rearrangement before a general election. It’s not an insignificant reshuffle: the foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has replaced Braverman. And Sunak has brought back the former prime minister, David Cameron, to…

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David Cameron returns to the Cabinet table as Tory Right-wingers urged to unite behind Rishi Sunak

The newly-ennobled David Cameron joined his first Cabinet meeting under Rishi Sunak on Tuesday as feuding Tory Right-wingers were urged to unite under the Prime Minister’s revamped top team.

The Guardian - UK

Victoria Atkins: the steady, ‘able’ minister promoted to health secretary

The barrister has been welcomed as a competent and intelligent choice by centrist Tories

The Independent UK

Who is Victoria Atkins? New health secretary facing threat of more strikes and NHS winter crisis

The new health secetary takes on new role in the middle of negotiations the British Medical Association

Evening Standard

Who is the health secretary? Victoria Atkins' career history

Victoria Atkins has been promoting the Conservatives’ health care plans.

The Independent UK

New Health Secretary appointed at ‘critical juncture’ for NHS

Victoria Atkins was appointed as part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle.

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