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Conciliation service urged to look for ways to end logjam with government over demand for 35% pay riseUK politics live – latest updatesThe junior doctors’ union has asked the conciliation service Acas to look into ways of breaking the deadlock in their…
Party leader says US president’s Belfast speech was ‘measured’ as he refuses to support claims by his own partyPerhaps anxious to show that he does not hate Britain, or Northern Ireland, Joe Biden (or, more accurately, the person running his social me…
Bosses say they are concerned because of a shortage of consultants available to cover for striking staffHospital bosses are worried about keeping patients safe overnight this week because of a shortage of consultants available to cover for striking jun…
Downing Street says 35% demand is ‘completely out of step’ with rest of public sector as four-day NHS action continuesTells us: have you been affected by the junior doctors’ strike in England?Junior doctors have had “absolutely nothing” from the health…
Strike is expected to lead to 350,000 appointments including operations being cancelledJunior doctors across England have begun a four-day strike that will result in an estimated 350,000 appointments including operations being cancelled.Doctors will mo…
Callers wait so long that nearly one in five hang up, finds Liberal Democrat commissioned analysisPatients contacting NHS 111 in England are having to wait so long for medical help that they are abandoning millions of calls, with 3.6m ditched in the pa…
NHS chief says four-day strike poses risks to patient safety, with up to 350,000 appointments and operations likely to be cancelledThe four-day strike by junior doctors in England will have a “catastrophic impact” on NHS waiting lists, with up to 350,0…
With real pay down 26% since 2008 and demoralised workplaces, medics are striking not out of militancy but from deep-rooted frustrationA four-day strike this week by junior doctors in England will pit angry medics keen to secure a 35% pay rise against …
Consultants who refuse to do extra work threatened with having their pay docked as NHS trusts race to empty their wardsHospital trusts are taking desperate measures to limit the predicted loss of life from this week’s NHS strikes – including threatenin…
Concerns over impact on patient safety of four days of strikes next week by junior doctors in EnglandUp to a quarter of a million medical appointments and operations could be postponed because of four days of strikes next week by junior doctors in Engl…