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Kemi Badenoch calls for total ban on NHS doctor strikes

Resident doctors have walked out for the 15th time since 2023

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch calls for a ban on strikes for doctors

Resident doctors began their 15th strike since 2023, while British Medical Association staff also began a 48-hour walkout on Monday.

Evening Standard

Streeting savages striking doctors for ‘rejecting deal but still wanting benefits’

Exclusive: Health secretary says British Medical Association isn’t serious about making a deal that will cancel thousands of appointments and cost the taxpayer £250m

The Independent UK

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Resident doctors accuse Keir Starmer of sabotaging talks to end pay and jobs dispute

British Medical Association leaders say PM’s threat to cut 1,000 new roles makes next week’s strike action more likely

The Guardian - UK

Streeting says he wants to avoid strikes next year as doctors return to work

It comes as the British Medical Association said it is ‘keen to engage’ with the Health Secretary, but called for ‘less name-calling’ in 2026.

Evening Standard

'We must be honest about who bears the greatest cost' - 3 doctors reveal why BMA strikes and an underfunded NHS disproportionately affect women

83% of British Medical Association members voted to walk out in the third strike this year

Woman & Home

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.

Evening Standard

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Wes Streeting compares doctors’ union to the cartel as he warns strikes will cost NHS hundreds of millions of pounds

The health secretary claimed the British Medical Association is no longer a voice for doctors as he shrugged off Labour leadership claims and urged medics to call off the strikes

The Independent UK

Health minister says BMA leaders ‘turning union into farce’ in online GP access row

It came despite Stephen Kinnock’s claim that the government wants ‘to work constructively with the BMA’

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

‘This strike will harm patients’: Top NHS official’s stark warning as BMA doctors set for five-day walkout

Resident doctors from the British Medical Association are due to walk out at 7am on Friday in a row over pay

The Independent UK

Assisted dying: BMA says patients should meet end-of-life care doctor first

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has cleared the Commons and will move to the House of Lords.

Evening Standard

Smacking ban is needed to protect children, health experts say

Leading medics and health organisations have urged the Government to outlaw ‘the physical punishment of children’.

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.

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The Independent UK

New information service ‘would reassure medics and patients on assisted dying’

The British Medical Association and Royal College of Nursing were among witnesses giving evidence to MPs.

Evening Standard

Unions attack 2.8% Government pay rise proposal for NHS workers and teachers

Inflation is predicted to average 2.5% this year and 2.6% next year, according to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

The Independent UK

Teachers and nurses warn Rachel Reeves of strike action over 2.8% pay rise proposal

Inflation is predicted to average 2.5% this year and 2.6% next year, according to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Evening Standard

Junior doctors expected to get 20% pay rise to end strike action

British Medical Association’s junior doctors committee set to put offer to members

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The Guardian - UK

‘Nobody wants to be here’: cheers and sadness on junior doctors’ picket line

Hospital staff in Newcastle begin six-day industrial action as colleagues strike across England

International Business Times UK

Junior Doctors in England Prepare for Strikes Amidst Pay Dispute

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced plans for strikes, scheduling walkouts before Christmas and in early January, lasting several days each.

The Independent UK

Striking junior doctors say working in NHS ‘is like going down with the Titanic’

British Medical Association (BMA) members are walking out at NHS hospitals across England in ongoing dispute over pay

The Independent UK

One in three UK medical students ‘intends on emigrating to practise medicine’

Reasons given for leaving the UK included better pay offers, work-life balance and improved conditions abroad.

The Guardian - UK

Junior doctors in England launch fifth round of industrial action

Strike could push number of appointments cancelled due to industrial action over million mark

The Independent UK

Fifth round of strikes begins for junior doctors

The latest round of strike action will end at 7am on Tuesday August 15.

Evening Standard

Fears NHS strikes causing double the number of reported cancellations

True impact on patients being ‘masked’ as junior doctors to walk out for fifth time

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