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Why are doctors threatening strike action over a 4% pay rise?

Ministers previously said they could only afford a rise of 2.8 per cent in 2025-26

The Independent UK

‘Catastrophic’ error as hundreds of doctors told they passed exams they failed

Those impacted by the error are being informed by the federation

The Independent UK

Error that left medics with wrong exam result condemned as ‘catastrophic’

Some 1,451 medics took the MRCP(UK) Part 2 Written Examination in September 2023, according to the BMA.

Evening Standard

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Ban physician associates from seeing NHS patients one-to-one, says RCP

Medical body asks ministers to slow hiring of PAs in England and take a ‘more measured approach’ to their integration

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

Former health secretary Matt Hancock to be questioned at Covid inquiry

Mr Hancock will give evidence over two days.

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Former health secretary Matt Hancock booed as he arrives to give evidence at Covid inquiry

Mr Hancock will give evidence over two days.

Evening Standard

Doctors' union BMA calls for ban on puberty blockers for under-18s to be lifted

BMA says it will critique Cass Review into children’s gender services

Evening Standard

Government’s ‘fatal strategic flaws’ in Covid planning led to avoidable deaths and economic pain

Covid-19 public inquiry chair Baroness Hallett has demanded ‘radical reform’ of UK’s pandemic plans

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting vows to begin negotiation groundwork with junior doctors next week in first act as health chief

‘From today, the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken,’ says new health secretary Wes Streeting

The Independent UK

NHS trusts accused of exaggerating staff shortages to weaken impact of strike

BMA claims hospitals in England trying to ‘manipulate’ exemption requests to get junior doctors to return

The Guardian - UK

Two in three UK doctors suffer ‘moral distress’ due to overstretched NHS, study finds

Exclusive: lack of resources to treat people whose ill health is often worsened by poverty is taking a heavy toll on medics’ wellbeing

The Guardian - UK

Cancer and maternity patients at risk if junior doctors strike in January, NHS bosses warn

NHS Employers writes to British Medical Association warning of dangers of proposed six-day stoppage

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s going to be a terrible winter’: ambulance queues warn of early crisis for NHS

Despite Sunak’s plan to prevent another season of misery, embattled hospital staff feel little has changed from previous years

The Guardian - UK

Doctors started writing their wills in 2020, UK Covid inquiry told

Prof Philip Banfield says profession was ‘traumatised’ after events of pandemic, as he criticises government response

The Independent UK

Doctors’ strikes row escalates as NHS leaders claim walkouts are harming patients

NHS leaders warn hospitals have struggled to maintain safe staffing during doctors’ strikes

Evening Standard

Row erupts after NHS leaders say doctors strike ‘causing significant risk’ to patients

More than a million operations and appointments have been cancelled since industrial action in the NHS began last December

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The Independent UK

Medics vow to strike ‘until next general election and beyond’

Thousands of striking doctors and radiographers attended a protest rally in Manchester.

The Guardian - UK

Lessons the NHS needs to learn after Lucy Letby case

Public inquiry that is now almost inevitable will need to examine failings of people and processes – and result in meaningful changes

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor

Exclusive: BMA council chair says medics will have no option but to stage more industrial action until ministers make ‘credible offer’

The Independent UK

Doctors urged to back down as strikes continue despite 6% pay offer

Junior doctors’ longest walkout yet entered its second of five days on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Minister calls for pay offer to be taken ‘seriously’ as doctors in England strike

Health unions suggest industrial action likely to continue as Gillian Keegan defends 8.8% rise on the table

The Independent UK

Junior doctors ‘in for the long run’ as strikes continue despite Sunak’s 6% ‘final’ pay offer

Chances of further doctor walkouts are ‘very high’, BMA warns

The Independent UK

Junior doctors ‘in for the long run’ as strikes continue despite 6% pay offer

The BMA said it was ‘possible’ the UK Government could make a similar offer to junior doctors to the 12.4% rise that is on the table in Scotland.

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