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Unite leader said joint action from nurses and ambulance staff on 6 February would be ‘very bad day for the NHS’Health union leaders have urged Rishi Sunak to resolve the deepening NHS pay dispute in the next two weeks to stop the biggest strike in the…
Labour MP asks whether Zahawi statement in the summer was untrue, with Cabinet Office minister saying he does not know the answerNadhim Zahawi, the Conservative party chair, has welcomed the decision by Rishi Sunak to ask the No 10 ethics adviser to in…
Exclusive: NHS England data show 4.6m or so women still unscreened or behind with tests, for disease diagnosed in 3,200 annually in UKRecord numbers of women are not being screened for cervical cancer, official figures show, as a leading charity urged …
Union makes demand as health service in England prepares to contend with latest stoppage by ambulance staffJeremy Hunt has been urged to release new money to end the wave of strikes disrupting NHS services or risk the dispute dragging on for months.The…
Party to switch focus from economy after polling shows voters in southern Conservative seats put health service as No 1 issueA “blue wall” offensive focusing on the NHS is being plotted by the Liberal Democrats this weekend, amid mounting evidence that…
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…
Radical reforms needed to tackle waiting times, says former health secretary Patients should be charged for GP appointments and A&E visits, Sajid Javid has said, as he called the present model of the NHS “unsustainable”.The former health secretary …
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…
Coroner finds in-person GP appointment during pandemic could have saved life of David Nash, 26The parents of a student who died after being wrongly diagnosed in a series of remote GP appointments during the pandemic have said they do not think his deat…
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…