12 h. ago Paedophile dies in jail after missing hospital appointments due to doctors strike and prison staff shortages

When he was sentenced George Alexander Rose, 75, was warned he would probably die behind bars

Events

33 h. ago Voices: Is it time to give up on the NHS, our national religion?

The former health secretary Sajid Javid says we should charge £20 for GP appointments and replace the health service with a Dutch-style social insurance system – just as Wes Streeting warns the doctors that they are paving the way for Nigel Farage to do just that, writes John Rentoul

Politics

37 h. ago Resident doctor leaves people divided as she shares salary ahead of strike

A resident doctor has revealed how much she takes home every month in her first year in the NHS - dividing opinion. It comes as staff are set to strike next week in a dispute over pay

Events

49 h. ago Concern over resident doctor wellbeing as medics prepare for key strike talks

The Government and the British Medical Association are to meet to try and avoid strike action.

Events

52 h. ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Doctors must think before downing stethoscopes

Kevin Maguire says NHS doctors should think again before going on strike as they face a formidable roadblock in their demands in UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting

Politics

55 h. ago ‘Unconscionable’ for doctors not to tell their employers if they plan to strike, Streeting warns

Health secretary warns doctors strike action is ‘unreasonable’ and ‘self defeating’ ahead of talks to avert strike action

Events

56 h. ago Wes Streeting says 'irresponsible' junior doctors' leaders hindering care plan for sickest during NHS strike and reveals he has relative fearing op axe

The Health Secretary accused the The British Medical Association of telling members not to inform employers if they were taking part in a planned five-day walkout that starts next week.

Politics

58 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana makes further threat to prison staff

The 18-year-old is reportedly only allowed to leave his cell at HMP Belmarsh when accompanied by five officers in riot gear.

Events

61 h. ago What are resident doctors, how much do they get paid, why are the going on strike and strike dates in July

The doctors strike will last for five days 🏥

Events

61 h. ago What are resident doctors, how much do they get paid, why are they going on strike and strike dates in July

The doctors strike will last for five days 🏥

Events

62 h. ago Talks between Government and doctors to go ahead ‘to avert strike action’

The Government has said that it ‘can’t go further on pay’.

Politics

2 d. ago Labour accused of 'crocodile tears' over junior doctors strike as ministers criticise medical union for low turnout in ballot

Angela Rayner 's radical workers' rights Bill will soon scrap the 50 per cent turnout threshold which unions must meet to hold legal strike action.

Politics

3 d. ago You can hardly blame the union for pushing at a door ministers unbolted: DANIEL HANNAN

Angela Rayner is scrapping the minimum turnout that a trade union needs before launching legal strike action - a threshold that the doctors barely cleared in their recent ballot.

Politics

3 d. ago Health Secretary to meet BMA ahead of planned strike action by resident doctors

Resident doctors in England are set to walk out for five consecutive days from 7am on July 25 amid a pay dispute with the Government.

Society

4 d. ago Just one in three back doctor strikes, poll shows as Streeting warned he ‘cannot afford to lose’

Former Labour health secretary under Tony Blair warns Wes Streeting he ‘has to win’ war against striking junior doctors

Events

4 d. ago Junior doctors planning to strike AGAIN over pay 'are now earning as much as £100,000 a year'

Earlier this week, the British Medical Association (BMA) announced that up to 50,000 resident doctors in England would walk out for five consecutive days from 7am on July 25, in a dispute over pay.

Economics

6 d. ago Prison staff fake checks on suicidal inmates as deaths soar, watchdog warns

A watchdog found prison staff had falsified records over checks on an inmate who died

Events

6 d. ago Attorney General Pam Bondi tries to explain the missing minute from Epstein prison video

Pam Bondi has tried to explained what happened to the missing minute of footage from outside Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell.

Events

6 d. ago NHS waiting list falls to its lowest in two years – but doctors’ strike threatens to reverse it, experts warn

The NHS waiting list for England has dropped to 7.36 million, new data reveals

Events

6 d. ago Voices: ‘No one outside the NHS will understand’: Doctors and their families defend strike action

Doctors, NHS staff and families defended the strike as essential, calling the ‘greedy’ label ‘truly heartbreaking’ and insisting today’s brutal working conditions are worse than ever

Society