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The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

Public support for doctor strikes is declining – YouGov poll

A five-day walkout by resident doctors begins at 7am on Friday.

Evening Standard

NHS England approach to doctors’ strike ‘seriously risky’, BMA warns

Deputy chairwoman Emma Runswick says a push to maintain scheduled care could cause harm in emergency departments.

Evening Standard

Resident doctors on strikes: ‘For those of us who are working class, the stakes are different’

Consultants and other NHS staff also respond to Guardian callout, with most expressing outrage at BMA’s demands

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Chris Packham backs call for delayed report into autistic deaths to be published

The latest Learning from lives and deaths report (LeDeR) has been held up due to ‘practical data issues’.

Evening Standard

Maternal deaths rising in UK despite fewer births, official figures show

Increase in number of women dying during pregnancy or soon after giving birth is ‘appalling’, say Lib Dems

The Guardian - UK

NHS managers who silence whistleblowers to be banned from senior health roles

Legislation is set to be put forward to Parliament next year to introduce professional standards and regulation of NHS managers.

Evening Standard

The inside story of how Starmer seized back control of Labour – but with a risk

NEWS ANALYSIS: As the long summer recess approached, the PM dramatically suspended four Labour MPs to reassert his authority. Political editor David Maddox looks at how events unfolded and what it means through the eyes of those involved

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Why doctors’ strike action is becoming increasingly likely

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The Independent UK

Hopes of averting doctors’ strike after ‘constructive’ meeting with Streeting

Talks focused on resident doctors’ working lives as health secretary refused to reopen negotiations on pay

The Guardian - UK

Government ‘has very small window to avert resident doctors’ strike’

A five-day walkout is scheduled to start next week and could cause significant upheaval to the NHS in England.

Evening Standard

Government ‘has very small window’ to prevent doctors’ strike as talks fail to reach resolution

A five-day walkout is scheduled to start next week and could cause significant upheaval to the NHS in England

The Independent UK

Patients in England’s most deprived areas wait longer for NHS treatment, data reveals

Those from Asian or British Asian backgrounds are more likely to be waiting for more than 18 weeks

The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors’ pay demands won’t get the public on side

Letters: Dr Ieuan Davies urges junior doctors to highlight more reasonable issues such as their debt and compulsory overtime. Plus letters from Prof Anthony Seaton, Martin Empson and Dr Nicholas Rose

The Guardian - UK

Doctors set for crunch talks with government to halt five-day strike

NHS doctors is meeting with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Thursday afternoon

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Evening Standard

Striking doctors willing to ‘discuss all options’ to halt five-day walkout

The Resident Doctors Committee is meeting with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Thursday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Donald Trump says Coca Cola will be changing a key ingredient - here's all we know

The US President is a known Diet Coke fan and reportedly has a button in his office specifically for the beverage

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting considers writing off part of doctors’ student debts to avert strike

Exclusive: Health secretary looking closely at ‘forgiveness’ scheme as crucial talks with resident doctors begin

The Independent UK

Labour voters back doctors over five-day strike and think Wes Streeting should meet pay demands

Exclusive: Labour backers support NHS walkout plans, which experts have warned will cause waiting lists to rise, in challenge to the health secretary’s tough stance

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The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors accused of ‘greedy’ pay demands before Streeting talks

Hospital chiefs warn next week’s strike in England will cause ‘chaos’ in NHS, as BMA pushes for 29% rise on top of last year’s 22% deal

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting to meet resident doctors’ leaders in bid to avoid strikes

The Health Secretary has insisted the Government will not budge on pay, but said discussions could focus on improving working lives of medics.

Evening Standard

Care home workers ‘almost twice as likely to be in poverty as average UK worker’

Details of how fairer pay can be provided for adult social care workers are due to be set out by Government.

Evening Standard

Physician associates should ‘never be used to replace doctors’ – Streeting

Wes Streeting pledged to implement in full the findings of a review which said physician associates must not diagnose patients.

The Independent UK

Physician Associates should be banned from diagnosing untriaged patients, review says

Physician associates have been used as substitutes for doctors, despite having significantly less training.

The Independent UK

NHS cuts could lead to another Baby P or Victoria Climbie as safeguarding staff face axe, doctors warn

Exclusive: NSPCC calls on Wes Streeting to protect safeguarding roles to help keep children safe

The Independent UK

Voices: Is it time to give up on the NHS, our national religion?

COMMENT: The former health secretary Sajid Javid says we should charge £20 for GP appointments and replace the health service with a Dutch-style social insurance system – just as Wes Streeting warns the doctors that they are paving the way for Nigel Farage to do just that, writes John Rentoul

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