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Resident doctors start receiving ballots for strike action

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged doctors in England to ‘vote no’

The Independent UK

Resident doctors in England start receiving ballots for industrial action

It comes after ministers announced last week that most doctors would receive a 4% pay rise.

Evening Standard

Ministers brace for NHS strikes after doctors denounce ‘derisory’ pay rise

Other NHS staff decry their award, while teachers are angered part of their pay rise will come from school budget

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Doctors threaten strike action after 4% pay rise announcement

The British Medical Association, the union representing doctors, has said the pay rise does not go far enough in restoring historical pay freezes.

The Independent UK

GP jobs ‘crisis’ leaves qualified doctors considering unemployment benefits

Leading doctors have called for special funding to enable more GPs to be employed in England.

Evening Standard

Search for bodies ends at Bangkok collapse site

Efforts to recover the bodies of those lost in the collapse of the State Audit Office building in Bangkok, triggered by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, have ended, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Doctor ballot for strike action is ‘premature’ and ‘unnecessary’, says Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said doctors have now got a Government that is sympathetic to the pressures they are facing.

Evening Standard

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Resident doctors in England to be balloted on strike action over pay

The ballot will open on May 27 and closes on July 7.

Evening Standard

Doctors slam Supreme Court ruling as 'reductive' and 'scientifically illiterate'

Doctors at the British Medical Association (BMA) have branded the Supreme Court's gender ruling as "scientifically illiterate" ...

The National (Scotland)

Doctors weigh in on Supreme Court’s trans women ruling

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The Independent UK

Doctors condemn Supreme Court ruling on trans women as ‘scientifically illiterate’

The resident doctors’ wing of the BMA argued that a binary divide between sex and gender ‘has no basis in science or medicine while being actively harmful to transgender and gender-diverse people’

The Independent UK

'No clear reason': BMA 'withdraws invite' for Gaza aid agency founder

The British Medical Association has been accused of cancelling a speaking invitation for the founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians with no clear…

The National (Scotland)

National checks find 34 buildings badly damaged

Post-earthquake inspections confirmed that 34 buildings across Thailand were severely damaged and have since been declared off-limits.

Bangkok Post

Over 700 cases of Bangkok quake damage to be reviewed

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will inspect more than 700 cases of damage in the capital following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar on Friday.

Bangkok Post

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The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting’s ‘high-stakes’ abolition of NHS England will cut 10,000 jobs

Changes proposed by health secretary predicted to save as much as £500m but could be distraction for ministers

Bangkok Post

Seven BMA officials arrested over fake repairs to buses

Seven officials at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have been arrested for alleged corruption in fake repairs made to five buses at a cost of 2.8 million baht.

Evening Standard

BMA urges Government to expand specialty training posts for NHS medics

The British Medical Association claims 4.7 applications were made for every post last year, up from a ratio of 1.9 in 2019.

The Independent UK

Allowing physician associates to take on doctors’ responsibilities ‘costs lives’

The Royal College of Physicians and the British Medical Association (BMA) are among those who have raised concerns about the use of PAs and AAs.

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The Independent UK

Almost no evidence that employing physician associates in NHS is safe, say Oxford researchers

Experts said studies relating to the role of PAs and anaesthetic associates (AAs) were severely lacking

The Independent UK

Little evidence that employing physician associates in NHS is safe – research

Experts said there was a mismatch between policymakers’ enthusiasm for expanding these roles and the lack of rigorous research.

Bangkok Post

City to limit pet numbers

A city regulation aimed at tackling stray animals goes into effect in about a year, which will impose a limit on how many pets an owner can keep.

Evening Standard

GPs accept new contract to 'free up' doctors: Will it end the ‘8am scramble’?

The deal includes an extra £889 million in funding for the year 2025 to 2026

The Independent UK

Woman dies after serious health condition misdiagnosed as nose bleed

Pamela Marking was vomiting blood, but was sent home regardless

Bangkok Post

Bangkok's unhealthy trash diet

Bangkok faces significant challenges in waste management, as food makes up nearly half of the garbage generated in the city.

The Independent UK

‘Catastrophic’ error as hundreds of doctors told they passed exams they failed

Those impacted by the error are being informed by the federation

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