37 m. ago ‘Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer

Exclusive: PM’s outspoken attack on stoppages planned for 17-22 December risks inflaming tensions with medicsKeir Starmer: Resident doctors, a fair deal is on the table. Please do not strike at this moment of crisis for the NHSKeir Starmer has said it is “frankly beyond belief” that resident doctors would strike during the NHS’s worst moment since the pandemic, in remarks that risk inflaming tensions with medics.Writing for the Guardian, the prime minister made an outspoken attack on the strikes planned for 17-22 December for placing “the NHS and patients who need it in grave danger”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Children bearing brunt of 'super flu' crisis as Wes Streeting warns raging outbreak could TRIPLE in size and fears grow that looming doctors' strike could collapse overwhelmed NHS

The NHS is facing its most challenging winter since Covid-and the entire system could crumble under the pressure, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned.

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4 h. ago Super flu – latest: Streeting says ‘terrifying’ virus surge and doctors’ strike could collapse NHS

Hospitalisations for flu in England hit highest ever levels for this time of year

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4 h. ago Children baring brunt of 'super flu' crisis as Wes Streeting warns raging outbreak could TRIPLE in size and fears grow that looming doctors' strike could collapse overwhelmed NHS

Children and teenagers are driving the surge in 'mutant flu' cases, new figures have revealed.

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7 h. ago Super flu – latest: Streeting ‘genuinely fearful’ of NHS collapse as virus surges ahead of doctors’ strike

Hospitalisations for flu in England hit highest ever levels for this time of year

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7 h. ago 'Worst crisis since Covid': Super flu tearing through London as Streeting urges doctors to call off strike

The number of patients with flu in the capital’s hospitals has jumped 47% to 380 in a week

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8 h. ago 'Worst crisis since Covid': Super flu tearing through London as Streeting he urges doctors to call off strike

The number of patients with flu in the capital’s hospitals has jumped 47% to 380

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8 h. ago Super flu – latest: Streeting ‘can’t guarantee patients’ safety’ if doctors strike during virus wave

Hospitalisations for flu in England hit highest ever levels for this time of year

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21 h. ago ‘Superflu’ mayhem will drag into New Year as mutant bug’s ‘longtail fuels post

THE NHS has been plunged into its worst-case winter scenario as an “unprecedented wave of superflu” pushed hospital cases up 55 per cent in a week.  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urged Britons to “be careful” and blasted doctors plotting a mid-crisis strike next week as “irresponsible”.  NHS officials said there are now enough virus...

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23 h. ago Voices: What will it take to keep resident doctors in work this winter?

Editorial: The health secretary will point to a ‘worst-case’ outbreak of flu sweeping hospital wards, a public losing sympathy with the strikes and a sensible offer on the negotiating table as he bids to steer a way through this NHS crisis

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23 h. ago Doctors would be 'irresponsible' to strike while NHS is battered by record levels of super

The PM urged medics to call off their walkout as health leaders warned the 'double-whammy' of flu and industrial action left them facing a 'worst case scenario' in the run-up to Christmas.

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34 h. ago Doctors’ strike over Christmas a different degree of risk, says Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary has offered to extend the British Medical Association’s strike mandate if it calls off the action over the festive period.

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35 h. ago Will the BMA call off the doctors strike? New offer raises hopes as superflu threatens to overwhelm hospitals

It comes as Health Secretary Wes Streeting warns a strike in the run-up to Christmas would carry a ‘much different degree of risk’ to other walkouts

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42 h. ago Doctors could still strike during 'superflu' outbreak despite Wes Streeting's last

The British Medical Association has sparked fury by refusing to call off strikes planned for next week while it considers an improved offer from Wes Streeting.

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44 h. ago Doctors' strike may be cancelled after Streeting makes new offer

The August strikes saw thousands of patients have their appointments cancelled

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46 h. ago NHS doctor strike over Christmas could be called off after last ditch offer

But British Medical Association refuses to postpone strike while it ballots members so Wes Streeting says NHS operations will have to be cancelled regardless

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60 h. ago Call off your Christmas strike! London NHS chief's message to doctors amid superflu wave

Dr Chris Streather, medical director for the NHS in London, also urged people to stay at home if they have flu-like symptoms

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60 h. ago Superflu: 'Call off your Christmas strike,' London NHS chief urges doctors as virus rips through city

Dr Chris Streather, medical director for the NHS in London, also urged people to stay at home if they have flu-like symptoms

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3 d. ago Doctors are urged to call off strike as NHS issues urgent flu vaccination warning after London hospitalisations triple and schools shut amid 'superflu' outbreak

Medical leaders have pleaded with junior doctors to 'end their painful' strikes amid safety fears as it could clash with the worst outbreak in decades.

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7 d. ago Fewer than one in ten frontline NHS staff have had a flu jab at some trusts despite health bosses telling the public to protect themselves against 'biggest ever outbreak'

NHS England has urged the public to get a jab amid fears the NHS will struggle with the 'double-whammy' of flu and a resident doctors strike in the run-up to Christmas.

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