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Can the old-but-new NHS league tables revive the health service?

The new system resembles Tony Blair’s star-rating regime, which was eventually scrapped. Whether naming and shaming leads to improvements remains to be seen

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

£2.2bn of ‘wasteful’ NHS spending to be diverted to working classes – Streeting

People in greatest need often receive the worst quality healthcare, Health Secretary Wes Streeting will say.

The Independent UK

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Ambulances 'drop and go' scheme in London is working very well, says health minister despite warnings of risks

But a senior A&E doctor has raised concerns about the controversial system

Evening Standard

London ambulance boss pays respects to Sydney paramedic stabbed to death on the job

The London Ambulance Service’s top official has paid tribute to a Sydney paramedic who was fatally stabbed on the job.

Evening Standard

London Ambulance Service told to improve its ethnic diversity

The London Assembly’s health committee pointed out that minority ethnic ambulance staff were disproportionately found in the organisation’s lowest-paid roles

Evening Standard

Plea to only call 999 with life and limb emergencies during ambulance strike

London Ambulance Service aims to be able to respond ‘as normal’ to calls about strokes and heart attacks despite industrial action.

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The Standard View: Don’t call 999 unless you really need to

TOMORROW, London ambulance staff are set to go on strike for the second time since December. Accordingly, the plea from the head of the London Ambulance Service, Daniel Elkeles, is that we should only call an ambulance in a “life or limb-threatening emergency”. That is sensible advice. Indeed, most of…

Evening Standard

NHS bosses warn today’s ambulance strike will hit harder as Londoners warned: ‘Only call 999 if it’s life or limb’

Fears ‘even more precarious’ position of health service means today’s walkout will be more difficult to cope with

Evening Standard

'Mother hen' paramedic killed in horror crash as training exercise goes wrong

Mark Pell, 51, was taking part in a driver training course in North Wales when the London Ambulance Service paramedic was caught up in a fatal five vehicle horror crash

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