14 h. ago Woman who earned over £1m as a fake doctor ordered to pay money back to NHS or risk more jail time

She pretended to be a qualified doctor for more than 20 years

Economics

37 h. ago Fake doctor ordered to pay NHS £400k or face serving two extra years in prison

A bogus shrink has been ordered to pay back the NHS more than £400,000 or face two-and-a-half more years in prison.

Economics

41 h. ago Fake psychiatrist ordered to pay back £406k to NHS after bogus 20

Zholia Alemi was sentenced to 7 years in jail after being found guilty of 13 counts of fraud and two counts of using material to falsify medical qualifications, among other charges

Economics

43 h. ago Bogus doctor told to pay NHS more than £400,000 or face longer jail term

Zholia Alemi, 62, was jailed in February 2023 for seven years after she committed a string of fraud offences.

Economics

5 d. ago Resident doctors warn of ‘immensely disruptive’ potential co

The physicians formerly known as junior doctors are being balloted in England for strike action.

Events

6 d. ago Labour’s poll ratings have plummeted – so is Starmer’s future in question?

Dissatisfaction among MPs has created a febrile mood, with ambitious cabinet ministers assessing their optionsA lesson in comms for any prime minister: when asked whether you will serve another term, try to express some enthusiasm at the prospect.When at the end of his first term, David Cameron breezily told a reporter he would not serve a third, he inadvertently fired the starting gun for leadership jostling between his potential successors. Keir Starmer fell into the same trap this month when he was asked whether he would fight the next election. “You’re getting way ahead of me,” he said. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Brits brace for summer holiday chaos as major UK airports threaten strike action

UK holidaymakers could experience serious travel disruption over the busy summer holiday period, as workers in two major airports could ballot over strike action against their employer

Events

8 d. ago Wes Streeting warns junior doctors that going on strike for six months over pay would 'choke' NHS recovery

The Health Secretary squared up to the British Medical Association as a new poll suggested support for industrial action by medicals is falling.

Events

8 d. ago Health Secretary tells doctors to help ‘rebuild our NHS’ amid strike action ballot

A recent poll found 48 per cent of Britons oppose resident doctors striking, while 39 per cent support such action

Society

9 d. ago Junior doctors seeking almost 30% pay rise to avoid more strike action

Wes Streeting urged resident doctors not to vote for strike action after they demanded their pay be restored to 2008 levels

Events

9 d. ago Voices: Are doctors right to threaten more NHS strikes over pay? Join The Independent Debate

Resident doctors are voting on strike action after rejecting the government’s latest pay offer, reigniting a fierce debate over fair pay, patient care, and the future of the NHS workforce

Events

9 d. ago Doctors ramp up strike threats as ballot begins despite inflation

Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, have started to receive ballots for industrial action.

Events

1 week ago Voices: The NHS is finally on the road to recovery – I urge doctors not to go on strike

This government inherited an NHS on its knees – for the sake of the patients, I hope that resident doctors decide against a strike that would only set back the clear progress we are making, says health secretary Wes Streeting

Sport

1 week ago Militant resident doctors launch strike ballot over NHS pay and call for walkouts... firing the starting gun on a Labour 'summer of discontent'

The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears other public sector workers could follow.

Sport

1 week ago Resident doctors fire the starting gun on a Labour summer of discontent by launching a strike ballot over NHS pay

The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears nurses, teachers and other public sector workers could follow.

Events

1 week ago Resident doctors in England start receiving ballots for industrial action

It comes after ministers announced last week that most doctors would receive a 4% pay rise.

Politics

2 w. ago Teachers and doctors to get 4% pay rises but strike threat looms

The Government has confirmed NHS staff and teachers in England will get above-inflation pay hikes but the British Medical Association is threatening strike action, while the National Education Union warned it could register a dispute

Events

2 w. ago Furious nurses vote whether to strike over lower NHS pay award than doctors

Government announces 'above inflation' pay awards of 4% for doctors and 3.6% for nurses and most other NHS staff who are now balloting whether to accept the deal

Events

2 w. ago Furious nurses vote whether to accept lower NHS pay award than doctors

Government announces 'above inflation' pay awards of 4% for doctors and 3.6% for nurses and most other NHS staff who are now balloting whether to accept the deal

Politics

2 w. ago Doctors threaten fresh strike action over 'woeful' 4% pay boost

Despite ministers accepting a series of recommendations by public sector pay review bodies, trade union bosses put Labour on notice of a possible 'summer of discontent'.

Events