99 m. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Starmer of 'not having the baubles' to stop resident doctors' five day strike as the NHS battles super flu outbreak

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of 'not having the baubles' to stop the resident doctors' five-day strike amid Britain's super flu outbreak. 

Events

2 h. ago Impact from strike by doctors will continue into January, experts warn

Officials have said the strike had come at the ‘worst time’ for the NHS amid rising flu cases and other winter illnesses.

Events

3 h. ago Doctors strike live: Starmer dodges question on NHS walkout ban despite hammering ‘dangerous’ strikes at PMQs

Resident doctors have started a five-day walkout

Society

3 h. ago Watch live: Starmer faces off against Badenoch in final PMQs of 2025

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces off against Kemi Badenoch for the final time this year at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (17 December).

Politics

4 h. ago Strike set to cost NHS £250m, Streeting says as doctors hit the picket line

It comes amid warnings of a ‘superflu’ sweeping the nation, with flu cases in hospitals in England at a record level for this time of year

Economics

4 h. ago Doctors out in force on picket lines outside NHS hospitals at start of 5

NHS hospital bosses warn appointments will be cancelled well into 2026 after the British Medical Association's doctors' strike until 7am Monday in increasingly bitter dispute

Science

4 h. ago Doctors strike live: Streeting apologises to patients as NHS faces £250m bill for walkout

Resident doctors begin five-day walkout

Science

6 h. ago Watch live: Wes Streeting grilled by MPs as doctors begin five

Watch live as Wes Streeting is questioned by MPs on Wednesday (17 December), as resident doctors begin their five days of industrial action.

Society

6 h. ago Stark vid shows patients left in hospital corridors hours before doctors walk out on strike putting ‘lives at risk’

SHOCKING footage shows patients lined up in beds along hospital corridors - hours before a "dangerous" junior doctors' strike begins. Pensioners were among those seen waiting on rows of trolleys outside A&E wards at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in Lancashire. The footage - secretly filmed by ITV News - lays bare the "super-flu" crisis,...

Science

6 h. ago UK inflation latest: Christmas interest rate cut on the way after food prices drive inflation down

Interest rate cut appears likely after inflation eases further than expected

Economics

7 h. ago Hospital leaders call for external mediation as resident doctors stage strike

It is the 14th strike by resident doctors in England since 2023.

Politics

7 h. ago Christmas interest rate cut set to follow after UK inflation drop exceeds expectations – latest

Falling food prices helped drag inflation down

Economics

8 h. ago Doctors go on strike today: Patients warned to brace for delays as five

Hospitals are preparing for a slump in activity as up to half of the medical workforce in England could stop working after the strike over pay and jobs began at 7am on Wednesday.

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8 h. ago Inflation falls more than expected to 3.2% as official figures released – latest

Falling food prices helped drag inflation down

Economics

8 h. ago Resident doctors in England begin five days of strike action

NHS leaders warn ‘more patients are likely to feel the impact of this round of strikes than the previous two’Resident doctors in England have begun five days of strike action after rejecting the government’s latest offer to resolve the long-running dispute over pay and jobs.The British Medical Association (BMA), and the health secretary, Wes Streeting, met on Tuesday in a final attempt to reach an agreement, but failed to do so. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago At least 60,000 operations and appointments expected to be cancelled as doctors 'abandon' patients to go on strike

It means many patients will be forced to endure Christmas and New Year in prolonged agony, with no guarantee of when their treatment may be rescheduled.

Science

15 h. ago Doctors' strike will 'take toll' on patients, warns London NHS chief as five

The industrial action, from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22, comes as hospitals are already under pressure from an unprecedented wave of super flu

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15 h. ago Patients will 'feel impact' of latest doctors' strike as UK battles super

The NHS has issued an "urgent' plea for people to get their flu jab as they cope with striking doctors during record 'tsunami' superflu numbers during the heart of the Christmas season

Science

15 h. ago ‘Dangerous’ junior doctors’ strike begins today – putting ‘lives at risk’ as super flu cripples NHS

NHS patients should brace for long wait misery over Christmas as doctors’ strikes starting today will hit harder than previous walkouts. The British Medical Association voted to press ahead with the five-day walkout that will last until Monday. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the decision “irresponsible and dangerous”. It comes at the height of a...

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26 h. ago Doctors' leaders deny patients will die as a result of their Christmas strike

Doctors' leaders deny a planned strike is 'reckless' and insist not stopping the trend of doctors leaving is far more 'dangerous'

Science