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The Latest Breaking News from the British Medical Association

NHS waiting list up but number of patients facing longest waits falls

The figures come as Health Secretary Wes Streeting continues talks with the British Medical Association to prevent further resident doctor strikes.

Evening Standard

BMA rejects NHS claim that less than third of resident doctors went on strike

Union says complex work schedules and annual leave make it almost impossible to know how many took part

The Guardian - UK

NHS set for winter chaos as nurses and GPs threaten strike action

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Now nurses and GPs threaten to strike as NHS braces for winter chaos

Union warns ministers to ‘invest in nursing’ or face further disputes as GPs prepare for strike ballot meeting

The Independent UK

NHS chiefs and BMA in row over patient safety during doctors’ strike

NHS England and union in war of words over striking doctors being asked to deal with emergency situations

The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors’ focus on pay is doing untold damage to the NHS

Letters: Robert Behrman fears resident doctors are leading the NHS towards a change in its entire ethos, and Prof David Cameron has cancelled his BMA subscription over their strike this week, but Marianne Gemmeke has sympathy for their action

The Guardian - UK

Fewer resident doctors thought to have gone on strike than in last year’s NHS stoppage

Picket-line turnout on first day of industrial action believed to be lower with hope of less disruption to NHS services

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Streeting says ‘we won’t let BMA hold country to ransom’ as resident doctors start five days of strikes – as it happened

Health secretary says government doing all it can to ‘minimise risk and disruption’ as BMA says pay has fallen more in real terms since 2008 than rest of population

The Guardian - UK

Doctor strikes begin despite Starmer’s last-ditch plea to avert five-day walkout

Health secretary Wes Streeting says BMA has left ‘damage at the door of the NHS’

The Independent UK

‘This strike will harm patients’: Top NHS official’s stark warning as BMA doctors set for five-day walkout

Resident doctors from the British Medical Association are due to walk out at 7am on Friday in a row over pay

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Voices: Poll of the day: Do you think resident doctors are fairly paid for the work they do?

Resident doctors are demanding a significant pay rise amid claims of long-term wage erosion, but critics argue their current salaries are fair and further increases would be unaffordable for the NHS

The Independent UK

Top medics ask union to row back hard stance on doctors’ strikes, warning they risk patient safety

Medical Colleges have warned the British Medical Association that it is risking patient safety by advising doctors to withhold strike plans from employers

The Independent UK

No extra money to cover resident doctor strikes, NHS trust leaders warn

The British Medical Association announced resident doctors in England would walk out for five days from 7am on July 25.

Evening Standard

Concern over resident doctor wellbeing as medics prepare for key strike talks

The Government and the British Medical Association are to meet to try and avoid strike action.

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Resident doctors acting in ‘unconscionable way’ over strikes – Streeting

The Government and the British Medical Association are set to meet this week.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors and Streeting set for showdown talks in last-ditch bid to avoid ‘dangerous’ 5-day NHS strike

Labour health secretary set to meet doctors’ union as new poll shows collapse in public support

Evening Standard

Some junior doctors striking this month ‘could be earning over £100k’

A group of clinicians may be earning six-figure salaries while working a 40-hour week

The Independent UK

Doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, says BMA chief, warning strikes could go on for years

Dr Tom Dolphin claimed the 29 per cent pay demand is both reasonable and easily affordable for the NHS

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The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors in England to strike from 25 July

BMA union says it is giving Wes Streeting two weeks to come to the table to negotiate ‘a path to pay restoration’

Evening Standard

NHS disruption expected as resident doctors vote for strike action

Resident doctor members of the British Medical Association have taken industrial action 11 times since 2022.

Evening Standard

Downing Street refuses to reopen pay negotiations with resident doctors as fresh wave of strikes announced

Walkouts by up to 48,000 medics - formerly known as junior doctors - would have devastating consequences for NHS

The Guardian - UK

NHS bosses fear fresh resident doctors’ strikes could embolden other staff

The Royal College of Nursing and Unison are undertaking indicative ballots to assess members’ willingness to strike

Evening Standard

Streeting urges doctors to vote against strike action

Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, in England are being balloted for strike action by the British Medical Association (BMA).

The Independent UK

Doctors threaten strike action after 4% pay rise announcement

The British Medical Association, the union representing doctors, has said the pay rise does not go far enough in restoring historical pay freezes.

Evening Standard

GPs 'should not have to report every case of underage sexual activity' says British Medical Association

The British Medical Association claims this would break patient confidentiality and would risk losing the trust of minors who seek help for their sexual health

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