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The Latest Breaking News from the British Medical Association

Wednesday briefing: Decoding the junior doctors’ strike – from patient safety to public support

In today’s newsletter: Health bosses raise alarm as junior doctors begin the longest strike in NHS history. But how will the action actually impact patients?

The Guardian - UK

BMA Scotland chair calls for ministers to consider Highlands medical school

LEADERS of the British Medical Association (BMA) have called on the Scottish Government to consider funding a Highlands medical school.

The National (Scotland)

BMA Scotland chair calls for urgent action to address shortfall of rural GPs

Dr Iain Kennedy calls for higher pay and better facilities and training to stem vacancy crisis in remote areas

The Guardian - UK

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Health secretary sparks outrage with ‘doctors in training’ remark

Victoria Atkins causes fury with her remarks about junior doctors, as strike row heats up

The Independent UK

Latest junior doctors’ strikes 'could lead to 75,000 cancellations in London' as medics walk out for second day

Training medics who are members of the British Medical Association are also preparing for the NHS’s longest-ever walkout in January

Evening Standard

Junior Doctors in England Prepare for Strikes Amidst Pay Dispute

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced plans for strikes, scheduling walkouts before Christmas and in early January, lasting several days each.

International Business Times UK

Who is Victoria Atkins? New health secretary facing threat of more strikes and NHS winter crisis

The new health secetary takes on new role in the middle of negotiations the British Medical Association

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‘Deeply sinister’: Police testing women who have miscarriages for abortion drugs

Medical professionals warn it is ‘deeply sinister’ to test women for abortion drugs

The Independent UK

Winter crisis beds to be cut as strikes cost the NHS £1.4 billion, hospital leaders warn

Strikes have cost the NHS £1.4 billion so far, healthcare leaders have warned.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme ‘confused the public’, Covid inquiry hears

A submission from the British Medical Association said the UK Government failed to ‘provide clear, consistent and visible public health messaging’

Evening Standard

Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme ‘confused the public’, Covid inquiry hears

A submission from the British Medical Association said the UK Government failed to ‘provide clear, consistent and visible public health messaging’.

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

The Independent UK

Sunak challenged over claim strikes are ‘number one reason’ for NHS backlog

The Prime Minister said the Government had ‘tried multiple times’ to meet the British Medical Association (BMA) as he faced pressure from medics.

The Independent UK

Union leader urges PM to return ‘to real world’ to settle doctors’ pay dispute

Junior doctors staged a rally outside Downing Street amid fresh NHS strikes.

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Evening Standard

Fears NHS strikes causing double the number of reported cancellations

True impact on patients being ‘masked’ as junior doctors to walk out for fifth time

Evening Standard

Junior doctors announce fresh four-day strike from August 11

The British Medical Association urges the Government to return to the negotiating table

Evening Standard

Why are England’s top doctors striking?

Consultants in England who are members of the British Medical Association voted to go on strike for 48 hours.

The Independent UK

Hospital consultants announce fresh strikes in pay dispute

Consultants in England, who will strike this Thursday and Friday, will also walk out on August 24 and 25, the British Medical Association said.

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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 Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Rishi Sunak offers a new pay deal to the public sector – but will it end the dispute?

In today’s newsletter: The prime minister has accepted independent pay recommendations after months of strike action – here’s what he announced

The National (Scotland)

Scottish junior doctors strike suspended after record pay increase agreed

A record 12.4 percent pay increase for junior doctors and doctors in training for 2023/24 has been agreed with the British Medical Association.

The Independent UK

Review to tackle ‘growing epidemic’ of vaping

The British Medical Association will call for plain packaging on vapes, as well as a ban on flavoured e-cigarettes.

The Guardian - 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 Independent UK

The NHS is ‘collapsing’ – leading medic warns

The British Medical Association said that the NHS is ‘flashing red’ on almost all performance measures.

The Independent UK

NHS at 75 – patients being penalised for living longer, top medic warns

The British Medical Association chair has warned that the health service is ‘shrinking’, despite increasing need for it.

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