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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 Guardian - 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 Independent UK

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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 Guardian - 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.

The Independent UK

Most doctors think ministers want to destroy NHS, BMA boss says

Philip Banfield says health service is in state of ‘managed decline’ and may not survive next ‘five or 10 years’

The Guardian - UK

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All four types of NHS doctor could strike before general election, BMA warns

Exclusive: union says it is planning for scenario of specialist and family doctors walking out as well as juniors and consultants

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron admits series of failures in his government’s pandemic preparations

Ex-PM defends austerity programme that unions said meant the NHS ‘didn’t stand a fighting chance’

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron and George Osborne to blame for NHS’s ‘disastrous’ Covid response, BMA claims

The British Medical Association said the pair were responsible for a decade of cuts to the NHS

The Independent UK

Cameron and Osborne must be ‘taken to task’ for austerity at Covid inquiry – BMA

The British Medical Association said the pair were responsible for a decade of cuts to the NHS.

The Independent UK

BMA chair urges Sunak to broker settlement with junior doctors

As three-day strike starts, Prof Philip Banfield tells PM that junior doctors feel ‘you have not listened and do not value them’

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street rejects calls for Acas to help end junior doctor dispute

The British Medical Association had asked the Government to enter into talks facilitated by the conciliation service.

The Independent UK

Medical chiefs call for third-party intervention to end junior doctors row

Downing Street has said there will be no talks unless junior doctors abandon their starting position of a 35% pay rise and call off strikes.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Doctors demand probe as ‘misleading’ NHS tweet is fact-checked by Twitter

A doctors’ leader behind the worst strike in NHS history has written to the Cabinet Secretary about a “misleading” official tweet that had to be fact-checked by Twitter.

The Guardian - UK

NHS bosses urge Steve Barclay to accept Acas role in dispute with junior doctors

Letter adds to pressure on health secretary after BMA reveals it is already talking to arbitration service

Daily Mirror

Steve Barclay should be docked pay for failing to end doctor strikes, Tories told

The Lib Dems have called for Parliament to be recalled so they can table a motion calling for the Health Secretary and his ministerial team to have their pay suspended until the dispute is resolved

The Independent UK

Junior doctors: BMA asks Acas to help as it urges Government to enter negotiations

Ministers were urged to get round the table to try and break the deadlock between the parties as junior doctors began a second day of strike action.

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The Guardian - UK

Junior doctors’ union asks Acas to help end strikes deadlock

Conciliation service urged to look for ways to end logjam with government over demand for 35% pay rise

Bloomberg

Junior Doctors to Strike as UK Health Protest Swells to 400,000

Junior doctors in England will walk out for three consecutive days next month after voting overwhelmingly to take industrial action over pay.

The Guardian - UK

Health workers ‘shattered’, says Jeremy Farrar as more NHS strikes loom

Incoming WHO chief scientist says that without action, workers ‘won’t be there when you need them’

The Independent UK

Ambulance workers’ strike goes ahead after government’s ‘reckless’ refusal to negotiate

Around 45,000 junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association in England have been balloted

The Independent UK

Ambulance workers continue strike with junior doctors set to announce action

Around 45,000 junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association in England have been balloted.

The Guardian - UK

NHS leaders urged not to cancel operations during strikes in March

Exclusive: NHS England director calls on managers to do everything possible to maintain elective care for patients

The Independent UK

Junior doctor strike vote result expected as medics condemn ‘thoughtless’ Sunak

The British Medical Association has balloted around 45,000 of its members in England.

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