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Resident Doctors Strikes Set for 14-19 November — What the NHS Isn't Talking About

Thousands of junior doctors in England will strike from 14–19 November over pay, training and job security, as NHS leaders warn of major winter disruption.

International Business Times UK

Resident doctors in England to go on strike for five days next month

Hospital bosses warn 14-19 November stoppage will make it harder to manage winter viruses and tackle waiting lists

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting blasts doctors’ strike as ‘slap in the face’ for NHS

Exclusive: Writing in The Independent, the health secretary accused the BMA of trying to ‘wreck’ the health service’s recovery with a ‘rush to industrial action’ – claiming it will only play into Nigel Farage’s hands

The Independent UK

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Doctors in England to strike for five days in November amid pay row

The doctors will walk out from November 14 to 19 after failing to reach an agreement

Evening Standard

Doctors in England to go on strike for five days in November

Resident doctors, previously named junior doctors, make up around half of all doctors in the NHS.

Evening Standard

Resident doctors to vote on strike action in pay row with Scottish Government

BMA Scotland claimed ministers have ‘shamefully reneged on the deal we agreed in 2023’.

Evening Standard

NHS Crisis: Health Service Faces Threat As 97% of New Doctors Demand Jobs And Pay To Avert Disaster

Ninety-seven percent of first-year resident doctors vote for industrial action in row over job security and 21% pay erosion.

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Resident doctors vote for strike action in row over jobs

BMA says 97% of first-year doctors voted for action over job security fears, after resident doctors walked out of English hospitals for five days in summer over dispute over pay that is still not resolved

The Independent UK

First-year doctors vote in favour of strike action in dispute over jobs

The British Medical Association (BMA) suggested ongoing talks with the Government now needed to include settlement on jobs.

Evening Standard

GP practices across England now have to offer online booking

The British Medical Association has opposed the plans and is considering industrial action

The Independent UK

Work with us or face Farage, Streeting tells BMA

It comes amid rising tensions over a plan for online access in GP surgeries.

Evening Standard

GPs in England threaten action over online appointment booking plan

Doctors’ union says GPs will be overwhelmed by ‘triage tsunami’ and gives ministers 48 hours to take measures

The Guardian - UK

Streeting warns BMA: ‘NHS is hanging by a thread, don’t pull it’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting warned the doctors’ union they risked helping Nigel Farage take the keys to No 10.

Evening Standard

GPs consider taking action over online access plans

The British Medical Association has given Health Secretary Wes Streeting 48 hours to act and avoid a dispute with GPs in England.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

GPs threaten action over online appointment booking changes

The British Medical Association gave Health Secretary Wes Streeting 48 hours to act and avoid a dispute

Evening Standard

BMA gives Streeting 48 hours to avoid GP dispute over online access plans

The union claims the changes would lead to ‘hospital-style waiting lists in general practice’ and slash the number of face-to-face appointments.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland coalmines marked for closure ‘uneconomic’, analysis shows, despite sector blaming royalties scheme

Findings show ‘zombie mines’ often restarted during coal price spikes and mothballed as prices return to normal levels

The Guardian - AU

Queensland deputy premier labels BHP ‘unAustralian’ as mining giant blames job cuts on coal royalties scheme

Jarrod Bleijie defends levy as BHP Mitsubishi Alliance moves to mothball Saraji South mine and slash 750 jobs

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The Guardian - UK

NHS will die under Reform unless doctors stop striking and work with Labour, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary calls on doctors to embrace Labour’s plan to prevent Nigel Farage getting into power and dismantling the health service

Evening Standard

‘Friends, not foes’ needed to help fix broken NHS, Streeting tells BMA

The Health Secretary was speaking at a special meeting of the organisation.

The Independent UK

Doctors’ union issues strike warning to government

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The Independent UK

Senior doctors prepared to strike amid fresh government talks

Consultants in England were involved in strikes between July and October 2023

Evening Standard

Senior doctors in England willing to strike, BMA says

According to the BMA, this year’s 4% pay uplift still represents a 26% real-terms pay cut for consultants compared to 2008/09.

The Independent UK

Health Secretary says high caffeine energy drinks same as ‘necking four cans of Coke’

Labour has launched 12-week consultation before high caffeine drinks are banned

The National (Scotland)

Scotland sees 'welcome' increase in GPs for first time since 2019

The number of GPs working in Scotland has increased for the first time in several years ...

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