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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Health secretary accused of deliberate slight over ‘doctors in training’ remark

Victoria Atkins makes comment about junior doctors after refusing to resume talks unless they call off strike

The Guardian - UK

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Health secretary wrong to say many junior doctors do not support strike, says BMA – as it happened

Victoria Atkins had claimed many junior doctors were unhappy about the BMA’s decision to call strikes for this week

The Guardian - 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 doctor strikes have come ‘at the worst possible time’ – NHS chiefs

Medics begin walkout during one of busiest periods of the year

Evening Standard

London hospitals under 'extraordinary pressure' as junior doctors go back on strike

Medics begin walkout during one of busiest periods of the year

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Care leaders ‘blindsided’ by visa change which ‘could drive workers from sector’

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins previously claimed the social care sector was ‘broadly relaxed’ about a new ban on dependants.

Evening Standard

Striking east London healthcare workers to stage rally in row over pay

Unite union says 'Grinch' will hand Christmas card addressed to Health Secretary over 'Scrooge' pay

Evening Standard

Social care sector 'broadly relaxed' about visa changes, Health Secretary claims

International care workers will be banned from bringing dependants when they move to the UK under the changes

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

Junior doctors announce fresh strikes after talks break down

Health leaders warn new strikes come at toughest time of the year for the NHS

The Independent UK

Live updates | Israel’s military calls for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens offensive

Israel’s military has called for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens its offensive aimed at eliminating the territory’s Hamas rulers

The Independent UK

Cabinet minister says UK military is flying ‘unarmed and unmanned drones’ over Gaza

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has admitted that the UK is flying ‘unarmed and unmanned drones’ over Gaza to ‘search for hostages’.

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Avoiding winter crisis in NHS is 'number one priority', Health Secretary says

Winter planning started much earlier than normal, Victoria Atkins says, with 5,000 hospital beds built and 800 new ambulances

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists at risk from industrial action, says minister

Health secretary, Victoria Atkins, urges doctors in England to settle with government over pay and conditions

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer sparks Labour backlash after praising Thatcher in Tory voter bid

A Labour MP said Margaret Thatcher left Britain with poverty and deprivation not seen since the Dickensian era

The Guardian - UK

Health secretary talks of ‘new relationship’ with striking junior doctors

In markedly different tone from her predecessor, Victoria Atkins tells of her ‘respect’ for junior doctors

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UK coroners issue warning over deaths linked to ambulance delays – and say it could get worse over winter

Health secretary is told persistent NHS crises, including avoidable deaths and insufficient mental health beds, are systemic

The Independent UK

MPs to press new Health Secretary on NHS data platform plans

The health and social care committee said the Government has acknowledged it ‘needed to do better to communicate the benefits of digital healthcare’.

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt will say the NHS is treating fewer patients with more money. Whose fault is that, chancellor?

The autumn statement will be another chance for the Tories to offload blame, as if 13 years of failure and cuts hadn’t happened, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Millions of women able to get contraceptive pills over the counter next year

Women across England will be spared the inconvenience of having to make a GP appointment in order to obtain contraceptives

The Independent UK

Nearly 250,000 people awaiting adult social care needs assessment – report

Two reports out on Thursday highlight the challenges facing the social care sector.

The Independent UK

Millions of women to be offered free contraceptive pills in pharmacies

Women will be able to get a first prescription of the pill and repeat orders without having to see a GP.

The Independent UK

New health secretary vows to end NHS strikes – but misses key conference just days into job

Victoria Atkins told delegates via video link that she would take a “fair and reasonable resolution” to the ongoing industrial action

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