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Amanda Pritchard says ongoing action over pay is having impact but parties are trying to resolve disputeRepeated strikes by health staff are making workloads “more challenging”, the chief executive of NHS England has said.Amanda Pritchard said the ongo…
Exclusive: The shadow health secretary discusses his plans for the NHS, not becoming the fun police, and Tories’ handling of strikesUK politics live – latest news updatesWes Streeting turns 40 this weekend, so he has been steering clear of the debate o…
Unite members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to take further action in February and MarchAmbulance workers have announced a series of fresh strikes including one next month that was already predicted to be the biggest day of stoppages in NHS hi…
Industry figures warn of supply ‘cliff edge’ when new regulations come into effect in DecemberUK politics live – latest news updatesDavid Frost has renewed calls for medicines to be excluded from Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland amid claims tha…
Labour leader uses PMQs to focus on waiting times and real-life example of woman who died in PlymouthUK politics live – latest news updatesKeir Starmer has urged Rishi Sunak to apologise for ambulance waiting times and the “the lethal chaos under his w…
PestFix had assets of £18,000 and 16 staff but won contracts worth £344m after being put on government’s high-priority supplier listA pest control supplies firm has disclosed it made a profit of more than £9m for supplying personal protective equipment…
Rishi Sunak portrays union chiefs as leftwing militants but some leaders are succeeding in blaming the impasse on No 10 – and half of voters agree• Read more: Most UK voters still back strikes by nurses and ambulance crewsSara Gorton thought the Covid …
Health secretary Steve Barclay urges unions to lobby PM over improved pay offer for striking nurses and ambulance workersThe health and social care secretary Steve Barclay has privately urged trade unions to help him make the case to the Treasury and N…
The major U-turn may help to end wave of strikes, though funding it could require cuts to key servicesSteve Barclay has privately conceded he will have to increase his pay offer to NHS staff, in a major U-turn that may help to end the growing wave of s…
Guidance for NHS says extending cholesterol-lowering treatment could save thousands more livesAs many as 15 million more people could be eligible for cholesterol-lowering statins to protect them against heart attacks and strokes, according to draft gui…