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About 5 million people eligible for jab until end of June as vaccinations get under way across 3,000 sitesMillions of people are now eligible for the spring Covid-19 booster after hundreds of thousands of vaccination appointments became available to bo…
High-risk tactic increases likelihood of combined stoppages by nurses and junior doctors in EnglandRishi Sunak appears set on trying to face down unions in a high-risk strategy to tough out a renewed wave of NHS strikes in England that health service l…
Exclusive: child mental health crisis deepens with one-third of all referrals denied help A quarter of a million children in the UK with mental health problems have been denied help by the NHS as it struggles to manage surging case loads against a back…
Head of insurance market floats idea of giving government bespoke flood and drought coverThe head of Lloyd’s of London has offered to strike a world-first deal with the UK government to help the NHS meet unexpected increases in costs triggered by major…
Chair says party could lose 1,000 English seats on 4 May, despite voters finding Rishi Sunak more palatable than his predecessors Even by the standards of political expectations management, Greg Hands’ message in his Sunday morning interviews was stark…
NHS Providers urges government to ‘come to the table’ as RCN union leader says stoppages could continue until ChristmasMinisters are facing pressure to tackle an escalating wave of NHS strikes, after the organisation representing NHS trusts warned that…
Pressure mounts over health and economic pledges as Sunak campaigns to shore up Conservative heartlands in poll test• Read more: NHS crisis deepens as nurses plan ‘mega strike’A prolonged NHS crisis stoked by further strikes risks derailing Rishi Sunak…
Doctors could join coordinated strike as Royal College of Nurses announce national ballot on mass actionEngland’s biggest nursing union is to ballot its members on whether to join a “make or break” mega-strike that would lead to mass action by nurses i…
NHS leader says threat of joint strike with junior doctors could pose hardest challenge yetA 48-hour nurses’ strike in England in May will present “severe challenges”, and the threat of coordinated industrial action with junior doctors could pose the “…
Rejection of pay deal underlines nurses’ fury at state of health service as RCN’s handling of dispute is questionedFriday’s announcement by the Royal College of Nursing that its members had rejected the pay offer on the table for NHS workers dashed any…