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Tom Dolphin, who applied to be Labour candidate in 2024, says political career not relevant as he defends strikes The head of the doctors’ union has denied he is pursuing further strike action to progress his own political career after the Labour party…
Five days of strike action over jobs and pay to take place from 17 to 22 December Thousands of doctors in England are to go on strike again this month, in a dispute over pay and job security.The British Medical Association has announced that resident d…
Agreement could cost NHS £3bn more in drugs over next three years, industry sources estimateThe NHS is to pay 25% more for innovative drugs in return for zero tariffs on exports of pharmaceuticals to the US under a deal with Donald Trump’s government.I…
Mia Lucas, who died in Sheffield after being sectioned, had undiagnosed condition causing ‘acute psychosis’A 12-year-old girl who took her own life after being sectioned was failed by medical staff who did not spot her underlying brain disorder, an inq…
Health secretary responds to speech given by GP committee leader accusing Labour of ‘gaslighting’ behaviourWes Streeting has accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of being “impossible” and issuing “misleading” information in an escalation of te…
Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, who had mental health problems, absconded from a ward and killed herself shortly afterwardsA girl who killed herself when she absconded from 24-hour clinical supervision was failed by a system that was meant to protect her, her pa…
Exclusive: NHS websites pointed women to factsheet featuring podcast by ‘dangerous’ influencers linked to baby deaths• Full story: How the FBS is linked to baby deaths around the worldThe NHS has been directing pregnant women to a website that connecte…
Rishi Sunak hands health secretary open letter calling for testing for men at the highest riskMore than 100 MPs, including Rishi Sunak, have urged Wes Streeting to introduce screening for prostate cancer.The UK National Screening Committee, a governmen…
Re:State report says role hospitals play needs ‘fundamental reinvention’ to deliver better care for patientsHospitals need to become smaller, with fewer beds, to help save the NHS from its “permacrisis”, a thinktank has said.The role hospitals play nee…
Shortage of specialist doctors means service is in crisis, says chair of Royal College of Pathologists committeeBereaved parents are enduring “harrowing” delays of more than a year to find out why their child died because the NHS has too few specialist…