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The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

Ongoing strikes are making workloads ‘more challenging’, says NHS England boss

February 6 is likely to see the biggest strike action the health service has ever experienced.

The Independent UK

NHS leaders voice alarm as 10 more ambulance strikes planned

Unite move means NHS will struggle on 6 February, but union says escalation caused by ministers’ wrong claims over patient safety

The Guardian - UK

BBC Question Time: Government slammed as health minister urged to talk to NHS strikers

The government came under fire last night in a special edition of BBC Question Time, with the health minister told to 'get round the table' with striking NHS workers

Daily Mirror

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NHS emergency care is ‘systemic national crisis’, warns House of Lords report

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged to convene Cobra meeting to address crisis

Evening Standard

Number of flu patients in hospitals in England falls by more than a third

An average of 3,447 flu patients were in hospital beds each day last week, down 35% from 5,262 during the seven days to January 8, NHS data shows.

The Independent UK

Government needs proper pay strategy to end healthcare strikes, says ex-NHS CEO

Sir David Nicholson told Tonight with Andrew Marr on LBC on Wednesday that he had ‘never seen’ the pressure the NHS has on it at the moment.

The Independent UK

Thousands of nurses strike in dispute over pay

NHS England said patients should use services ‘wisely’ by going to NHS 111 online but continuing to call 999 in a life-threatening emergency.

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Thousands of NHS England nurses go on strike today

Staff from more than 55 NHS trusts will take part in industrial action over two days

Wales Online

Thousands of nurses go on strike across England

NHS England said patients should use services ‘wisely’ by going to NHS 111 online but continuing to call 999 in a life-threatening emergency.

The Independent UK

Health secretary tells striking NHS nurses: Take the money and patients will pay the price

Exclusive: Steve Barclay said NHS staff could receive a ‘top up’ on pay if savings are made through cuts to ‘administrative burdens’

The Independent UK

Campaigners lose High Court battle over NHS gender dysphoria treatment delays

Mr Justice Chamberlain rejected the claim from four people, along with charity Gendered Intelligence and legal campaign group The Good Law Project

Evening Standard

Campaigners lose High Court case over waiting times for trans healthcare

Legal campaign group The Good Law Project said it will seek an appeal after Monday’s ruling.

The Independent UK

Next NHS England nurses’ strike in will be twice as big if no agreement reached, union warns

It follows a vow by ministers to push for a law forcing unions to provide statutory minimum levels of service on strike days

Wales Online

NHS doctors' mental health meltdowns as stressed A&E staff suffer panic attacks on shift

A Sunday People investigation uncovers the shocking toll on hospital doctors, with half of NHS medics suffering mental health problems in the past year as they struggle with understaffing

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

Government refuses to fund UK students at new medical school despite ‘chronic’ doctor shortage

The centre at Worcester University could be forced to train only overseas students, who are unlikely to remain in Britain

Evening Standard

UK must train more doctors and nurses, says NHS boss

Amanda Pritchard said “excellent” British candidates are being rejected from medical schools due to a lack of places

The Guardian - UK

NHS in England under more ‘extreme pressure’ than at height of pandemic

NHS England chief says service is ‘over-reliant’ on foreign staff and calls for universities to ‘ramp up’ training

The Independent UK

Health service under pressure ‘like nothing I have ever experienced’ – NHS boss

Amanda Pritchard’s interview with The Times comes after NHS England data revealed that one in 10 people was left waiting hours for ambulances.

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The Independent UK

‘Living nightmare’: Kidney patient, 82, forced to wait 56 hours to be seen in hospital

Exclusive: Frank Newton was taken to hospital with suspected pneumonia by his daughter after being told an ambulance would take 30 hours

The Independent UK

Flu patient numbers in England’s hospitals start to fall after surge

Admissions have dropped from their highest level in a decade.

The Independent UK

What the latest NHS performance figures show

A&E waits and ambulance response times are the worst on record.

The Independent UK

School absences in December almost double the annual rate due to illness spike

The absence rate was 14.3% across all state schools in the week commencing December 12, 2022 – an increase from the rate of 7.8% across the year.

The Independent UK

New NHS record as more than 54,000 patients wait 12 hours to get into A&E

Figures come amid what health leaders warn is toughest ever winter for NHS

Daily Mirror

Nurse burnt out after year working in NHS now makes more money serving ice cream

Mailu Turner, who qualified as a mental health nurse in September 2021, has told how she quit her job in the NHS due to stress from the conditions and now earns more working in an ice cream parlour

Evening Standard

London ambulance worker says they’re striking because ‘there can’t see an end to NHS crisis’

Emergency medical technician Julie Cunnane says paramedics feel ‘guilty’ as they cannot provide good care for patients

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