2 h. ago NHS disruption expected as resident doctors vote for strike action

Resident doctor members of the British Medical Association have taken industrial action 11 times since 2022.

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7 h. ago NHS set for months of strike chaos after doctors vote to walk out over 29% pay rise demand

Hundreds of thousands of hospital appointments could be cancelled as doctors seek a 29 per cent pay rise

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7 h. ago NHS summer chaos ahead as junior doctors vote to go on strike

The group of medics have already taken industrial action 11 times since 2002, crippling services and forcing health bosses to cancel an estimated 1.5million appointments.

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3 w. ago Adverts for assisted dying to be debated by MPs as divisive bill returns to Parliament

Kim Leadbeater, who introduced the bill, said advertising the measures ‘would feel inappropriate’

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3 w. ago UK abortion laws set for huge overhaul as MPs vote on decriminalisation

According to proposed changes to UK abortion laws, MPs are set to vote on decriminalising terminations after 24 weeks or without approval from doctors in England and Wales

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4 w. ago 11th hour bid to ban ‘death pods’ as MPs gear up for final votes on assisted dying

Exclusive: The move by Tory MP Greg Stafford to ban the Sarco suicide pod comes as 1,000 NHS doctors warn that Kim Leadbeater’s bill is ‘deeply flawed’

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4 w. ago More than 1,000 doctors write to MPs urging them to vote against assisted dying

Some high profile doctors are among more than 1,000 who have written to MPs urgent them not to pass a bill which would allow assisted dying under some circumstances

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4 w. ago More than 1,000 doctors write to MPs to demand they vote AGAINST 'unsafe' assisted dying laws that are 'a real threat to both patients and NHS staff'

In an open letter, doctors from across the NHS warned the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill poses a 'real threat to both patients and the medical workforce'.

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4 w. ago Around 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote against ‘unsafe’ assisted dying Bill

In a letter, doctors from across the NHS warned the Bill provides ‘inadequate safeguards’.

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4 w. ago More than 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote down ‘deeply flawed’ assisted dying bill

The doctors warned that the bill is ‘deeply flawed’

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last month Senior medics in England say more resident doctor strikes would be futile

Exclusive: Letter from six top figures says more walkouts by junior colleagues would help those who oppose the NHSLetter: Resident doctors should vote against strike actionSix senior figures in England’s medical profession have criticised potential strikes by resident doctors as “a futile gesture” that will harm patients and help those who oppose the NHS.The move is the first public evidence of the significant unease many senior doctors feel about the possibility of their junior colleagues staging a new campaign of industrial action in England. Continue reading...

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