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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.

Evening Standard

Doctors say 5-day walkout will go ahead even if heatwave alerts issued

Exclusive: British Medical Association to stage industrial action next week as Labour health secretary Wes Streeting insists bigger pay rise for junior doctors is ‘unaffordable’

The Independent UK

Resident doctors deserve real-terms pay rise after working through Covid, says BMA

Ahead of meetings with health secretary, BMA council deputy chair says 29% claim justified to replace lost salary

The Guardian - UK

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Talks between Government and doctors to go ahead ‘to avert strike action’

The Government has said that it ‘can’t go further on pay’.

Evening Standard

Nurses’ pay has been ‘severely eroded’ since 2010, study reveals

The Royal College of Nursing said its analysis found pay is £8,000 lower than if wages had kept up with inflation

The Independent UK

Tom Dolphin: BMA’s new chair who’s taking on government despite bid to be Labour MP

As members vote to strike for a 29% pay rise, new elected chair of UK’s main doctors union says he is no party lackey

The Guardian - UK

Health Secretary to meet BMA ahead of planned strike action by resident doctors

Resident doctors in England are set to walk out for five consecutive days from 7am on July 25 amid a pay dispute with the Government.

Evening Standard

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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

The Independent UK

Labour must stand firm and resist trade union pressure

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are right to stand up to Unite and the BMA

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting to meet BMA as public support collapses for resident doctor strikes

Exclusive: polling shows strong approval by voters for strikes has halved from 52% a year ago to 26%

The Guardian - UK

Just one in three back doctor strikes, poll shows as Streeting warned he ‘cannot afford to lose’

Former Labour health secretary under Tony Blair warns Wes Streeting he ‘has to win’ war against striking junior doctors

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

The Independent UK

The doctors’ strike threatens to scupper the NHS’s recovery – this time, the BMA has overreached

Britain is now a poorer country, with stagnant growth. In this pay climate, the doctors are in danger of seeing public support ebb away, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Why the resident doctors are wrong to go on a five-day strike

COMMENT: There are valid issues for resident doctors to settle, but this week’s strike will further erode people’s trust in the NHS – and could hasten the end of the healthcare system altogether, warns John Oldham, GP for 29 years and a senior adviser to Wes Streeting

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The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, BMA chair says

Exclusive: Tom Dolphin says rise needed to redress real-terms earnings loss since 2008 and strikes could last years

The Independent UK

Doctors to refer people with depression to job coaches under new government plan

Doctors in England will be encouraged to refer patients to the gym or job coaches instead of signing them off as "not fit for work", under a new government pilot scheme.

Evening Standard

Doctors are told to send people to the gym and job coaches instead of writing sick notes

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the UK could no longer afford to ‘keep writing people off’

The Independent UK

TV doctor and IVF pioneer Robert Winston quits BMA over ‘damaging’ strikes

Professor Robert Winston told the Times that resident doctors’ strikes could harm people’s trust in the profession.

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Evening Standard

TV doctor Robert Winston quits BMA over ‘damaging’ strikes

Professor Robert Winston told the Times that resident doctors’ strikes could harm people’s trust in the profession.

The Independent UK

Mapped: The best and worst performing NHS trusts in England

Trusts have been ranked by seven measures of performance on a new online dashboard

Evening Standard

Best and worst performing NHS trusts ranked on seven key measures

It is the first time this data has been presented in a user-friendly way.

The Independent UK

How much resident doctors really earn as they strike over NHS pay

IN FOCUS : Doctors are striking against pay rises which they believe are below inflation. But, as they start their five-day walkout, how much do they earn and how do their salaries compare to other countries, and public services?

Evening Standard

Abandon strikes or risk ‘fragile’ NHS recovery, Streeting warns resident doctors

It comes as new figures show the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England fell to its lowest in more than two years.

The Independent UK

Doctors’ strike could break the NHS, claims Streeting

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The Independent UK

Doctors need to work with the NHS, not against it

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: By going on strike a year after an above-average pay increase, in order to demand an extra 29 per cent – which is excessive even by public sector standards – resident doctors aren’t just risking patient health, they will lose public support

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