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How will the NHS strikes affect you?

Ambulance workers and nurses are taking action in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Here’s what to expect

The Guardian - UK

Nurses pledge tougher new strikes as NHS crisis deepens

Nursing union gives ministers until Thursday to open pay talks as first signs emerge of bid to end dispute and prevent NHS collapse

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting vows to cut NHS waiting lists by 233,000 with private hospital plan

The bold pledge by the no-nonsense Labour shadow Health Secretary came as he gave the NHS seven years to “reform or die” predicting it would not survive if the Tories win another term in office

Daily Mirror

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Tory pledge to stop cheap alcohol being sold in supermarkets branded a failure

Launching his crackdown in 2012, former Prime Minister David Cameron said treating alcohol problems or the victims of drunken attacks costs the NHS £90 for every taxpayer – £2.7billion a year

Daily Mirror

Cancer patient whose operation was axed due to strike will join nurses on picket line

Bethann Siviter had her operation cancelled just 20 minutes before was due to leave for hospital, but the former nurse says she will join the picket line on Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Unionist parties fume over SNP's 'needless' 2023 independence conference

THE SNP have announced plans to hold an emergency conference in early 2023 – and the Unionists are fuming ...

The National (Scotland)

Public support for nurses’ strike piles pressure on Sunak and divides Tories

Observer poll shows 60% of public back strike, with some Conservatives urging PM to give ground to nurses while others demand he hold firm

The Guardian - UK

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Patients forced to wait months for vital NHS diagnostic tests

Doctors warn that some services are ‘close to failure’ as tens of thousands endure delays beyond 13 weeks

The Guardian - UK

Surge in Brits hit by winter lurgy that 'feels like Covid' but isn't

People have reported experiencing symptoms for several weeks including a cough, blocked nose and headache despite testing negative

Chronicle Live

Dad's heartbreaking last text to wife before his heart stopped for 17 minutes

Andrew Mikhail thought he was going to die

Manchester Evening News

Scarlet fever cases at triple usual levels as infections expected to continue rising

The UKHSA has seen more than 7,500 cases of the infection, as latest figures show at least 19 children have died from an invasive form of Strep A

Chronicle Live

Every date of the UK strikes in December from rail to nurses

Protests against salary stagnation and working conditions happening almost every day this month, threatening widespread disruption across Britain as Christmas approaches

The Independent UK

SNP to hold ‘Democracy Scotland’ conference on how to secure independence

The conference will take place in Edinburgh next March 19.

The Independent UK

Bar owner's last text to wife before his heart stopped for 17 minutes

Andrew thought he was going to die as he was put onto a ventilator

Liverpool Echo

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The Independent UK

Can adults get Strep A? Cases rise across UK as 19 children die from infection

Scarlet fever is more common in children but adults can also contract the bacterial infection

Daily Mirror

Tory ex-minister John Redwood ridiculed over 'stupid' Twitter suggestion to fix NHS

John Redwood, whose account is not a parody - we checked - took to Twitter early this morning with his plan for tackling NHS backlogs. It was immediately branded "the stupidest tweet of the year".

Evening Standard

Early cancer deaths will rise unless NHS pay issues resolved, says charity boss

The Government must resolve the NHS’s workforce crisis and pay issues or it will become “harder and harder” to prevent cancer patients dying early, the chief executive of Cancer Research UK has warned.

Daily Mirror

Expert on 'hangxiety' - next morning fear after a night out drinking alcohol

Amid Mad Friday 2022, mental health nurse Liz Burns explains what happens to the body when we consume alcohol; why we get anxious the next day about what happened the night before; and why we might crave junk food on a hangover

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The Independent UK

The mental health patients dying on NHS wards from starvation and neglect

Investigation: Scores of patients in mental health units have died from physical illnesses that could have been avoided. Rebecca Thomas uncovers systemic issues in the health service that experts say are leading to the neglect of the vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

English hospitals urged to free up beds before ambulance staff strike

Hospitals are told strikes on 21 and 28 December – also taking place in Wales – will lead to ‘extensive disruption’

The Independent UK

Strikes putting cancer survival rates at risk, charity boss warns MPs

The planned industrial action by nurses and ambulance workers pose a serious threat to cancer patients, Michelle Mitchell said.

Liverpool Echo

NHS waiting times at every Merseyside hospital trust

Across the region, 20 hospital departments fail to give patients their first specialist appointment within 18 weeks

Wales Online

Flu symptoms and what you need to know as virus overtakes Covid for first time

Hospital admissions of people with flu are now running at a higher rate than in any week during the previous four winters

The Guardian - UK

NHS announces Covid booster jab teams have visited every care home in England

Teams visited 15,019 care homes, also offering flu jabs, and boosted 88.6% of eligible residents

Liverpool Echo

Take a look inside our crumbling, crisis-hit NHS to see why nurses have no choice but to take action

As patients line corridors and children are sprawled over waiting room floors, we should listen to striking nurses about the conditions they are working in

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