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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…
In letter to Rishi Sunak, GMB union members say they feel ‘utterly betrayed’ by attempts to portray them as ‘uncaring about safety’A group of ambulance workers has sent a furious letter to the prime minister saying they feel “utterly betrayed” by the g…
Gareth Roberts, 65, and Domingo David, 63, most likely to have caught virus from colleagues or patientsThe deaths of two nurses from Covid-19 in the early days of the pandemic have been ruled as industrial disease.Gareth Roberts, 65, of Aberdare, and D…
Warnings of ‘great cost’ to individuals, workplaces and the economy as people struggle to access diagnosis and treatmentADHD awareness hassoared among women in the UK in the past year, but waiting times and the dearth of clinical awareness are leaving …
Leader of the Labour party made the comments during a speech on Brexit in Northern IrelandThe UK culture secretary, Michelle Donelan, has said she is “not ruling out” changing the online safety bill to allow regulators to prosecute social media bosses …
Downing Street warns ministers there will be no extra funding as they look for way to solve industrial disputeUK politics live – latest news updatesDowning Street has warned health ministers they will have to find savings from their own budget if they …
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…
Data for England shows huge pressures across NHS from emergency callouts to admissionsUK politics live – latest news updatesAmbulance response times in England were the worst on record across all major categories in December, while people waiting 12 ho…
This live blog has now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereThe British Medical Association said its meeting this morning with Steve Barclay, the health secretary, ahead of a planned strike in March was “constructive”, but without…