11 h. ago Wes Streeting to meet resident doctors’ leaders in bid to avoid strikes

The Health Secretary has insisted the Government will not budge on pay, but said discussions could focus on improving working lives of medics.

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11 h. ago Care home workers ‘almost twice as likely to be in poverty as average UK worker’

Details of how fairer pay can be provided for adult social care workers are due to be set out by Government.

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11 h. ago Number of offers made to prospective students by universities at record high

Universities are in a ‘scramble for students’ in a bid to avoid redundancies and course closures due to financial pressures, an expert suggested.

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17 h. ago Physician associates should ‘never be used to replace doctors’ – Streeting

Wes Streeting pledged to implement in full the findings of a review which said physician associates must not diagnose patients.

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35 h. ago Physician associates ‘should be banned from seeing patients without review’

A new report suggests a major change to the role of PAs in the NHS after it acknowledged they have been used as substitutes for doctors.

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40 h. ago NHS cuts could lead to another Baby P or Victoria Climbie as safeguarding staff face axe, doctors warn

Exclusive: NSPCC calls on Wes Streeting to protect safeguarding roles to help keep children safe

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42 h. ago Resident doctor strikes are unaffordable and 'patients will suffer', NHS trust leaders warn

NHS strikes are unaffordable and would negatively impact the delivery of patient care, according to NHS Providers

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43 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

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44 h. ago No extra money to cover resident doctor strikes, NHS trust leaders warn

The British Medical Association announced resident doctors in England would walk out for five days from 7am on July 25.

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45 h. ago New cosmetic surgery rules in UK to be unveiled in huge victory for Mirror campaign

In a victory for the Mirror’s cosmetic surgery campaign, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said ministers will set out new regulations to deal with misconduct in the UK

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45 h. ago Joe Wicks helping Government move away from ‘boring’ fitness videos – Streeting

Wes Streeting said his own experience of kidney cancer had made him focus on his health ‘but the nature of my job means my exercise has suffered’.

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59 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.

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60 h. ago Joe Wicks unrecognisable as he explains wacky new image for kids’ workout series

He helped us stay active through lockdown – and now he’s got friends in high places. Joe Wicks tells us all about working with Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the creators of Hey Duggee

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63 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

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65 h. ago Wes Streeting defends only paying for half the population to get an NHS dentist

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been grilled by MPs about suggestions Labour will not substantially increase the NHS dentistry budget it inherited from the Tories

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65 h. ago Striking doctors have badly misjudged the mood of the nation

Editorial: Since the general election, resident doctors have seen their wages rise by much more than most other working people, with few – if any – commitments to improving productivity

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66 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

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67 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.

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67 h. ago Resident doctors acting in ‘unconscionable way’ over strikes – Streeting

The Government and the British Medical Association are set to meet this week.

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68 h. ago Aristocrat Constance Marten and her lover Mark Gordon are found guilty of killing their newborn daughter after going on the run in 'selfish' bid to avoid her being taken by social services

Runaway aristocrat Constance Marten and her lover Mark Gordon have been today convicted of killing their baby, Victoria.

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