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British Medical Association announces industrial action in dispute over pay and conditionsUK politics live – latest news updatesTens of thousands of junior doctors in England will strike for three days from 13 March in an increasingly bitter row over p…
Plan expected to be published next month could propose increasing places from 7,500 to 15,000Britain could double the number of doctors and nurses it trains under NHS plans to tackle a deepening staffing crisis, according to reports.The proposal to inc…
Ipsos poll also shows strong public support for founding principles of universal healthcare based on taxationJust 10% of Britons think ministers have the right policies on the NHS, though public support for the service’s founding principles remains str…
Health secretary, Steve Barclay, to take part in talks on pay, conditions and ‘productivity-enhancing reforms’Nurses in England have agreed to pause major strike action while they hold “intensive talks” with the government in an attempt to reach a sett…
Ten of thousands to take part in industrial action in escalation of row between NHS staff and governmentHundreds of thousands of operations and medical appointments will be cancelled in England next month and progress in tackling the huge care backlog …
Pat Cullen says prime minister must step in if 48-hour strike across 120 hospitals is to be avertedThe prime minister has been urged to step in to avert fresh strike action by nurses that is likely to have a “significant impact” on NHS services in Engl…
Exclusive: freedom of information requests reveal overspill on cancer wards, maternity units and A&E departmentsHospitals in England have recorded more than 450 sewage leaks in the last 12 months, data shows, putting patients and staff in danger an…
Half of pharmacists in survey report that patients are asking which items they can ‘do without’Rising numbers of patients in England are failing to collect their medicines or asking pharmacists which ones they can “do without” because they cannot affor…
Exclusive: New Tory chair referred Luxe Lifestyle in April 2020 despite it apparently having no history of supplying PPEA lifestyle company won a £25.8m government contract for PPE through the so-called VIP lane after the new Conservative chair, Greg H…
GMB’s Rachel Harrison says staff will not be ‘fobbed off’ by PM ‘kicking the can’ into next year’s pay roundA health union leader has described Rishi Sunak as deluded for suggesting NHS staff should abandon their campaign to secure a bigger pay rise th…