60 h. ago NHS is facing the worst flu season ever... yet doctors are still planning their 'cruel' strike

The number of beds occupied by infected patients is already higher than ever for this time of year and rates are expected to pass the all-time high within days - with 'no peak in sight'.

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4 d. ago Fury as BMA boss shrugs off Christmas patient chaos fears ahead of five

A JUNIOR doctors leader yesterday dismissed as “sentimental” concerns that the latest wave of strikes will trap patients in hospital for Christmas. British Medical Association resident doctors will walk out for five days from December 17 - potentially causing havoc for patients waiting to be discharged. But BMA chair Dr Tom Dolphin dismissed appeals not...

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5 d. ago How much resident doctors really earn as they strike over NHS pay

Doctors are striking against pay rises which they believe are below inflation; but how much do they earn and how do their salaries compare to other countries, and public services?

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5 d. ago Resident doctors accused of ‘cynical attempt to wreck Christmas’ with fresh strike

The British Medical Association said the action will take place from 17 to 22 December

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2 w. ago NHS maintained 95% of planned care during resident doctor strike, data shows

The five-day action in England over pay took place between November 14 and 19.

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2 w. ago NHS is operating at 95% as turnout for junior doctors' strike plummets

There are 'some really encouraging early indications' that support seemed to be slipping, with fewer doctors striking than in any previous rounds of industrial action according to reports

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3 w. ago Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform

Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targetsWes Streeting has been accused of taking a “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming the NHS which makes it unlikely the government will hit its own targets, according to a damning report by the Institute for Government (IfG).The report praises elements of how the health secretary has managed the health service in his first year in office, including improving performance and staff retention in hospitals. Thepay settlement he reached with resident doctors last year avoided a winter plagued by NHS strikes Continue reading...

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3 w. ago We don’t want to be here, say striking doctors – as NHS sounds alarm over early flu spike

In the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023, resident doctors are at the picket line again in disputes over pay

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3 w. ago ‘My colleagues are all going to Australia for better pay,’ says resident doctor on strike

A resident doctor on strike said many of his colleagues are leaving for Australia in search of better pay and job opportunities.

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3 w. ago Thousands of NHS doctors begin strike over pay as leaders warn of 'staff cuts'

Resident doctors in England have begun a five-day walkout

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3 w. ago NHS doctors go on strike as leaders warn industrial action could mean staff cuts

Some 77,000 resident doctors work in hospitals and community services, with thousands of them expected to strike for five days from Friday.

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3 w. ago NHS will be hit by winter chaos when doctors strike for 5 days from TODAY, health bosses warn

A FIVE-day doctors’ strike which starts today will trigger winter chaos in the NHS, health bosses warn.  Thousands of resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, in the British Medical Association will down tools until Wednesday.  It is the third winter in a row of pay protests and a major blow to hopes of cutting waiting lists....

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3 w. ago British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike

Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demandsUK politics live – latest updatesThe British Medical Association is acting like a cartel and its “antics” are endangering the NHS’s future, the health secretary has said before the latest doctors’ strike begins on Friday.Wes Streeting launched his most strongly worded attack yet on the doctors’ union, coming close to accusing resident doctors in England of being greedy in their pay demands. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Wes Streeting compares doctors’ union to the cartel as he warns strikes will cost NHS hundreds of millions of pounds

The health secretary claimed the British Medical Association is no longer a voice for doctors as he shrugged off Labour leadership claims and urged medics to call off the strikes

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3 w. ago Doctors' strikes 'couldn't come at worse time for NHS' amid winter pressures and increased delays for patients, warns boss

The strike 'threatens to wipe out a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix our national health service', warns one NHS boss

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3 w. ago Patients will be harmed when doctors go on strike this week, NHS leader warns

Daniel Elkeles said strikes distract ‘everybody from being able to do all the things they want to do to improve care’.

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