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Sunak and Barclay’s absence amid NHS pressure ‘inexplicable’ – Labour

Labour has blamed Conservative ‘mismanagement’ of the NHS for the current pressure.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Streeting defends proposal for private hospitals to help tackle NHS backlog

The shadow health secretary, standing in as a presenter on LBC, said the NHS must ‘reform or die’.

The Independent UK

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Labour warns against scrapping NHS targets

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said ministers should be ‘cutting waiting times, not cutting standards’.

The Independent UK

'NHS is there to help us stay well and heal us - but the system is collapsing'

The NHS is there to help us stay well and heal us when we are sick, and if it needs a leg up from private hospitals to fulfil those core functions, then so be it

Daily Mirror

Wes Streeting vows to cut NHS waiting lists by 233,000 with private hospital plan

The bold pledge by the no-nonsense Labour shadow Health Secretary came as he gave the NHS seven years to “reform or die” predicting it would not survive if the Tories win another term in office

Daily Mirror

Labour's Wes Streeting says NHS is facing 'existential crisis' and needs reform

The Shadow Health Secretary also used a speech at the Policy Exchange think-tank to urge Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay to hold face-to-face talks with unions to avert further strike action from nurses at 'breaking point'

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Jeremy Hunt refuses to rule out BANNING nurses from going on strike in new crackdown

Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt twice refused to deny a complete ban on nurses going on strike - as they prepare to begin their first walkout of its kind in a century tomorrow

Daily Mirror

Who do you believe: the brilliant NHS staff who treated my cancer, or ministers who spin and lie?

A harrowing Guardian report depicts the struggle to deliver care, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Number of cancelled operations double in three years due to NHS shortages

Data shows 30,000 operations were cancelled last year in England

The Independent UK

Anas Sarwar urged to condemn Wes Streeting's 'appalling' attack on health union

SCOTTISH Labour have been told to urgently condemn an "unconscionable attack" on a health union by Keir Starmer’s shadow health…

The National (Scotland)

Nurses slam Government for refusing to take steps to avert strike action

The Royal College of Nursing said the Tories would not discuss pay as RCN chief Pat Cullen said after last night’s discussion with Health Secretary Steve Barclay: “I needed to come out of this meeting with something serious to show nurses why they should not strike this week"

Daily Mirror

Number of cancelled operations ‘doubles in three years due to NHS shortages’

In total, 158,000 operations were called off for non-clinical reasons in 2021-22

The Independent UK

NHS operations cancelled in England due to staff shortages double in three years

Labour highlights issue to back up pledge to invest heavily in addressing shortages

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The Independent UK

NHS: 30,000 operations cancelled ‘due to staff shortages’

Labour said the number of cancelled operations has doubled since 2020/21.

The Guardian - UK

NHS backlog is a crisis for Conservatives, but a chance for Labour

Only the Blair/Brown government managed to reduce waiting times, but that strategy won’t work for Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Thousands of NHS appointments cancelled as talks fail to avert nursing strike

Ministers admit they cannot eliminate risk to public from wave of industrial action

The Guardian - UK

Irony dies as Tories accuse Labour of using the NHS as a political football

Another junior minister plays the fall guy as government keeps fingers firmly in its ears over strikes

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The Independent UK

Talks to avert nurses’ strike fail after Health Secretary’s ‘belligerence’ – RCN

The Royal College of Nursing said Steve Barclay refused to discuss pay during a meeting on Monday.

The Independent UK

Steve Barclay accused of ‘belligerence’ after refusing to discuss nurses’ pay at strike talks

‘They have closed their books and walked away’, says RCN chief after last-ditch bid to avoid strikes fails

The Guardian - UK

Private hospitals coming to the NHS’s rescue? Labour should know better

Evidence about the parasitic and risky nature of private healthcare has been mounting for decades, says David Rowland of the Centre for Health and the Public Interest

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer ‘tattooing on his forehead’ that Labour won’t do deal with SNP

Labour leader challenges Nicola Sturgeon on whether she would ‘prop up Tory government’

The Independent UK

Government’s approach to NHS pay row ‘disgusting’ – Labour

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said ministers were ‘spoiling for a fight’ over the dispute.

Evening Standard

Labour’s strikes strategy is shifty but simple — let the Tories own the pain

In politics it always pays to watch the money. The most telling recent fact in British politics has been the fact that in the three months to September, the Labour party attracted £2.8 million in business donations, which is the first time Labour has raised more than the Tories since…

The Guardian - UK

RCN accuse government of ‘belligerence’ as talks to avert strike action fail; Wales strikes to go ahead – as it happened

Royal College of Nursing says Steve Barclay refused to discuss pay at meeting on Monday; Welsh nurses to strike after last-minute talks fail

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