15 h. ago Voices: What happened to striking doctors’ pledges to ‘do no harm?’

These strikes will further erode people’s trust in the NHS – and could hasten the end of the healthcare system altogether, warns John Oldham, GP for 29 years and a senior adviser to Wes Streeting

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28 h. ago Wes Streeting tells striking doctors they CAN have higher pay... but only if they agree to slash gold

Health Secretary Wes Streeting put the option on the table as he launched an excoriating attack on the decision to stage a five-day walkout.

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50 h. ago Doctors’ strike over 29% pay rise risks breaking NHS, Streeting warns

Wes Streeting urged doctors to call off the strikes as action is likely to see tens of thousands of operations and appointments cancelled

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55 h. ago Voices: ‘Who do they think they are?’ Readers clash over NHS doctor strikes

Our community is sharply divided over the upcoming doctors’ strike and their demand for a 29 per cent pay rise. While one reader blamed the NHS, calling it ‘a broken system,’ another said, doctors ‘should be ashamed’

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3 d. ago Downing Street refuses to reopen pay negotiations with resident doctors as fresh wave of strikes announced

Walkouts by up to 48,000 medics - formerly known as junior doctors - would have devastating consequences for NHS

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3 d. 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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4 d. ago NHS bosses fear fresh strikes in England as resident doctors seek 29% pay rise

Hundreds of thousands of hospital appointments could be cancelled if BMA members vote for series of stoppagesHospitals are bracing for a fresh round of strikes by resident doctors seeking a 29% pay rise, amid warnings that stoppages could lead to hundreds of thousands of appointments and operations being cancelled.NHS leaders fear that a ballot of resident doctors, formerly junior doctors in England, which closes on Monday will produce a majority backing renewed industrial action. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Wes Streeting tells Israel to get its own house in order amid Glastonbury ‘death chant’ row

Labour cabinet minister’s message to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government the strongest since the war in Gaza began

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2 w. ago Fury as doctors say they are 'excited' by the prospect of more strikes

Leading doctors have sparked fury by admitting they are 'excited' by the prospect of further strikes despite the risk of patient harm.

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3 w. ago Hospital consultants may strike with junior doctors in pay row escalation

BMA warns government faces ‘several groups of doctors on picket lines together later this year’

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