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Mahmood urges Labour figures to ‘focus on day job’ amid Burnham speculation

The Home Secretary said everyone within the party had their ‘role to play’ in backing the Government.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting calls for ‘cross-party consensus’ on gender identity ahead of puberty blocker trial

Health secretary wrote to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, urging her to ‘take heat and ideology’ out of debate

The Guardian - UK

‘Beyond catastrophic’: How super flu is pushing the NHS to the brink

NHS WINTER CRISIS : Leading medics warn of severe hospital overcrowding, staff struck down with flu, and a worrying number of cases among children. Rebecca Thomas reports

The Independent UK

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Labour must unite behind Starmer or risk losses to Reform, deputy leader says

Lucy Powell’s intervention comes after weeks dominated by speculation about a challenge to the Prime Minister’s leadership.

Evening Standard

Streeting’s warning about NHS collapse amid flu surge is ‘scaremongering’, BMA says as strike looms

The doctors’ union claims health secretary has acted in a ‘cruel and calculated’ way

The Independent UK

BMA accuses Streeting of ‘scaremongering’ about NHS as strike looms

The doctors’ union claimed the Health Secretary had acted in a ‘cruel and calculated’ way and described the Government’s offer as ‘poor.’

Evening Standard

Dr Dolphin, call off these strikes

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With the NHS under pressures not seen since the once-in-a-century Covid pandemic, the BMA’s refusal to reconsider the timing of its industrial action is dangerous and wrong

The Independent UK

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Starmer: Doctors’ strikes as NHS battles flu ‘epidemic’ would be ‘beyond belief’

The Prime Minister said a good deal was on the table.

Evening Standard

‘Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer

Exclusive: PM’s outspoken attack on stoppages planned for 17-22 December risks inflaming tensions with medics

The Guardian - UK

Streeting warns doctors’ strikes could collapse NHS – but BMA chief insists walkouts won’t put patients at risk

Tom Dolphin says ‘the same model that has worked for all the previous strikes to keep patients safe will apply’ during next week’s planned walkout, which comes amid surging flu cases

The Independent UK

What looks like ‘overdiagnosis’ is really a system struggling to provide continuous care

After waiting more than a year to see an NHS specialist, Sam’s assessment for ADHD took less than two hours. It happened over video, involved a short checklist and brief history, and ended with a swift decision.

The Conversation

Voices: ‘There were clear warnings’: Readers on the NHS ‘flunami’ crisis

YOUR VIEWS: Our community says the ‘flunami’ was inevitable – with many arguing that years of underfunding, workforce pressures and rising demand have left the NHS acutely vulnerable to any sudden spike in winter illness

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting ‘not comfortable’ with puberty blocker clinical trial

The Health Secretary made a ban on puberty blockers indefinite in December last year.

Evening Standard

‘Technocrat’ criticism was not aimed at Starmer, insists Streeting

The Health Secretary also ruled out the possibility of challenging the Prime Minister’s leadership alongside Angela Rayner.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Streeting ‘genuinely fearful’ for the NHS as strike looms and flu cases surge

The Health Secretary said the BMA has chosen next week for a walkout as the union knows it ‘will be most painful for the NHS’.

The Independent UK

Streeting warns strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS

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Evening Standard

'Worst crisis since Covid': Super flu tearing through London as Streeting urges doctors to call off strike

The number of patients with flu in the capital’s hospitals has jumped 47% to 380 in a week

International Business Times UK

Health Secretary Pleads with Doctors to Cancel Strike as Flu Crisis Peaks

As flu cases jump 55% in a week, Health Secretary Wes Streeting pleads with doctors to cancel their December strike. The NHS faces a 'worst-case scenario' winter crisis.

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The Guardian - UK

Strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS amid worst crisis since Covid, says Streeting

Health secretary urges resident doctors, who are to strike from 17 December, to accept his offer to end dispute

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting warns of ‘Jenga piece’ that could collapse the NHS amid flu outbreak

The Health Secretary appealed directly to resident doctors

Evening Standard

'Super flu' is posing threat to NHS unlike any since Covid pandemic, warns Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary called on resident doctors to call off their industrial action amid a sharp rise in flu cases across the country.

The Independent UK

Where in the UK is most affected by the flu surge as pressure mounts on hospitals

There are enough flu patients each day to fill the facilities of more than three hospital trusts

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry to be held into north-east England NHS trust after patient deaths

Health secretary announces investigation into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust that has seen young patients take their own lives

The Guardian - UK

NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases

Hospitals treating record numbers of flu patients but worst is yet to come as medical bosses urge people to get vaccinated

The Independent UK

Voices: What will it take to keep resident doctors in work this winter?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The health secretary will point to a ‘worst-case’ outbreak of flu sweeping hospital wards, a public losing sympathy with the strikes and a sensible offer on the negotiating table as he bids to steer a way through this NHS crisis

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