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The Latest Breaking News from NHS

Nurses’ action is part of UK’s biggest wave of strikes in a generation

NHS workers join others in seeking to protect living standards in the face of below-inflation pay offers

The Guardian - UK

Taking on the nurses is like punching David Attenborough — a truly awful look

Life inside a Whitehall department can be comically slow and sober — it makes a municipal library seem like the Berghain. When I worked in the Treasury yonks ago, the sleepy gentility of the place used to drive me a bit loopy.

Evening Standard

Reconsider contact sports and alcohol, public urged during ambulance strike

The warnings come as concern grows ahead of planned strike action on Wednesday, when the NHS is set to be hit by major disruption.

The Independent UK

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'No respect for us': Nurses challenge government in battle to 'sustain NHS future'

One nurse told the ECHO: "Covid killed of a lot of nurses - physically and metaphorically. We feel burnt out"

Liverpool Echo

Bristol nurses on strike say 'we don't want to but we have to' as RCN action continues

“We have colleagues who can’t afford to buy Christmas presents, and some who are going to foodbanks, and that’s not ok"

Bristol Post

NHS ‘cannot keep patients safe’ during strikes and PM ‘should negotiate’

Matthew Taylor from the NHS Confederation said it was rare for NHS leaders running hospitals and services to express such strong levels of concern.

The Independent UK

The best biscuits for dunking have been revealed - is your favourite on the list?

The study, dubbed DUNCS (Direct Uptake of Nutrition and Caffeine), was conducted in order to 'better inform NHS staff when having a tea break'

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NHS: People should cut down on drinking as strikes hit ambulance service

A Government minister also urged people to stay safe and to avoid any ‘risky activity’.

The Independent UK

Leeds nurses on strike slam 'evil Tories' as they protest outside LGI and demand better pay

Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have taken part in strikes across the country

Leeds Live

NHS explains what to do in emergency as ambulance workers strike

Only the most life-threatening and urgent calls will be prioritised

Wales Online

Nottingham nurses say staffing 'a joke' as second strike takes place

"I’m just very saddened that we are having to get to this point, and I just hope the government listen"

Nottingham Post

NHS patients waiting for treatment show support for striking nurses

"Yes, I might suffer because of your industrial action, but I blame the Government, not you"

Liverpool Echo

London paramedics ‘spending entire shift with patients waiting in A&E’

Head of London Ambulance Service warns handover delays are having devastating impact on morale

Evening Standard

Strep A, Covid, RSV, colds and flu - all you need to know about 5 bugs hitting people this Christmas

With rising cases of many common seasonal illnesses plus Covid-19 many people could find they are not celebrating the festive season as they'd like to

Wales Online

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The Independent UK

Ambulance strikes: What are the demands and what is the government offering?

Industrial action by emergency service personnel biggest of its kind for 30 years

Daily Mirror

Deaths caused by ambulance delays soar as unions accuse Tories of 'criminal negligence'

Figures from West Midlands Ambulance Service show 37 patients died because an ambulance did not get to them on time in the first nine months of this year, compared to just one death in 2020

Daily Record

Lanarkshire boy's Christmas wish for a year's supply of miracle cannabis oil comes true

Cole's family is fighting an ongoing battle to secure an NHS prescription of cannabis oil - which leaves him seizure-free - mum Lisa says Cole is “living proof” of the effectiveness of the drug

Liverpool Echo

Nurse fights back tears as she shares harrowing conditions on wards

For those taking to the picket lines in Liverpool again today, this is an existential battle for the health service we all hold dear

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The Independent UK

When are ambulance workers going on strike?

Some 750 military personnel drafted in to cover emergency calls

Evening Standard

McFly’s Tom Fletcher reveals A&E dash over painful eye condition: ‘For now, it’s dark rooms and sunglasses’

The McFly star, 37, gave his fans a health update on Instagram on Monday and revealed he’s got uveitis

Wales Online

Covid, Strep or flu: The different symptoms for the three health conditions making everyone ill

Covid-19, strep A and flu are all having a serious impact on health services in Wales

Wales Online

Top Tory defends not paying NHS workers more by saying he could be earning £400,000

The former Cabinet minister took part in an online debate on Facebook and told one user that he could be earning £400,000 in the private sector. He used this as an argument against paying NHS workers more.

Evening Standard

Most now doubt they will get high quality health care this winter amid NHS chaos

90% of people believe waiting times for non-emergency treatment are too long

Nottingham Post

How much paramedics are paid as ambulance strikes set to go ahead

Ambulance crews in England and Wales are set to walk out on December 21 and 28

Manchester Evening News

North West Ambulance Service 'worst hit by long Covid in country'

Data has been published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group ahead of strike action on Wednesday

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