82 m. ago Why the doctors’ strike is taking place as NHS hit by rising flu cases

Health secretary Wes Streeting has hit out against the planned action

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1 hour ago Starmer hits out at ‘completely unacceptable’ leaks against ministers

The prime minister said he had a ‘level of assurance’ briefings against him had not taken place

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2 h. ago Patients 'may die' in Christmas NHS meltdown as militant junior doctors humiliate Streeting by pushing ahead with strikes

Thousands of medics - previously known as junior doctors - will walk out in the run-up to Christmas from December 17 to December 22.

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2 h. ago Patients 'could die' in Christmas NHS meltdown as militant junior doctors humiliate Streeting by pushing ahead with strikes

Thousands of medics - previously known as junior doctors - will walk out in the run-up to Christmas from December 17 to December 22.

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3 h. ago Doctors’ strike to go ahead after medics reject Government offer

British Medical Association members took part in an online poll over the weekend on whether or not the new deal was enough to call off the walkout.

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3 h. ago Militant junior doctors WILL still strike despite desperate Government offer as 'superflu' continues to batter hospitals

Thousands of medics - previously known as junior doctors - will walk out in the run-up to Christmas from December 17 to December 22.

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4 h. ago Christmas doctors’ strike to go ahead after BMA rejects Streeting’s offer as flu cases surge: Latest

Resident doctors have voted to reject Wes Streeting’s offer and will strike in the lead-up to Christmas

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4 h. ago Militant doctors WILL still strike despite desperate Government offer as 'superflu' continues to batter hospitals

Thousands of medics - previously known as junior doctors - will walk out in the run-up to Christmasfrom December 17 to December 22.

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4 h. ago Doctors strike to go ahead despite super flu sweeping through London

The British Medical Association (BMA) confirmed its members will down tools between December 17 and December 22, despite a strain of super-flu sweeping through the country

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4 h. ago Doctors vote to go ahead with strike this Christmas as NHS faces major flu crisis

Resident doctors in England have voted to reject the Government's offer

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15 h. ago Resident doctors to announce whether or not strike will go ahead

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24 h. ago Hospitals in England ‘face dangerous winter overcrowding due to discharge delays’

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data shows rise in patients ‘stranded’ in beds as flu crisis hits and resident doctors’ strikes loomHospitals in England face dangerous overcrowding this winter because even more patients than last year are “stranded” in a bed, according to an analysis of NHS figures.The findings come as the health service struggles to cope with the early onset of its usual winter crisis driven by a crippling “flu-nami” and the NHS in England is bracing itself for a five-day strike by resident doctors starting on Wednesday.The percentage of bed days used by patients whose discharge was delayed rose from 10.1% in 2024 to 11% this year, an increase of 9% or 19,000 bed days.That rise was driven by an 8% year-on-year rise in the number of discharges, equivalent to about 3,800 patients a month.The number of the NHS’s overall stock of about 100,000 general and acute beds occupied last winter by delayed discharge patients hit a peak of 14%, but it is likely to be even higher this...

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27 h. ago Should doctors be allowed to strike as superflu crisis hits UK? VOTE NOW

DOCTORS are planning to carry out strikes despite a "superflu" sweeping across the UK. The NHS have declared a critical incident over the past week after the newest strain of flu has taken over hospitals. The strain is said to be putting 1,700 patients in hospital per week - 50 per cent up from this...

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28 h. ago Militant doctors putting lives at risk by striking during superflu they need to realise what’s at stake, Home Sec slams

STRIKING doctors are "putting lives at risk" and "need to realise what's at stake", the Home Secretary has warned. Shabana Mahmood has said hospitals are already buckling under “huge strain” as a brutal outbreak sweeps the country. She also urged resident doctors to accept the pay deal on the table. It echoes what Prime Minister...

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45 h. ago Britain facing 'tsunami of flu' as NHS in 'most precarious position since pandemic'

Health Secretary Wes Streeting warns of super flu 'tsunami' and issues direct appeal to NHS doctors - warning that a strike is 'choosing to put lives at risk this Christmas'

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48 h. ago Children’s operations cancelled as super flu piles pressure on intensive care units

Exclusive: Paediatric units are under ‘severe and sustained pressure’, warn top intensive care doctors

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56 h. ago BMA accuses Streeting of ‘scaremongering’ about NHS as strike looms

The doctors’ union claimed the Health Secretary had acted in a ‘cruel and calculated’ way and described the Government’s offer as ‘poor.’

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65 h. ago Doctors' strike risks 'fatal harm' of patients as flu surge could collapse NHS

The Health Secretary said he was 'genuinely fearful' for the NHS if junior doctors walk out, claiming that tackling the mutant flu strain is 'probably the worst pressure the NHS has faced since Covid'.

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2 d. ago ‘Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer

Exclusive: PM’s outspoken attack on stoppages planned for 17-22 December risks inflaming tensions with medicsKeir Starmer: Resident doctors, a fair deal is on the table. Please do not strike at this moment of crisis for the NHSKeir Starmer has said it is “frankly beyond belief” that resident doctors would strike during the NHS’s worst moment since the pandemic, in remarks that risk inflaming tensions with medics.Writing for the Guardian, the prime minister made an outspoken attack on the strikes planned for 17-22 December for placing “the NHS and patients who need it in grave danger”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Children bearing brunt of 'super flu' crisis as Wes Streeting warns raging outbreak could TRIPLE in size and fears grow that looming doctors' strike could collapse overwhelmed NHS

The NHS is facing its most challenging winter since Covid-and the entire system could crumble under the pressure, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned.

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