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The Latest Breaking News on Long waits persist for Victorian ambulances, surgery

2,000 more ‘excess’ deaths in first week of year ahead of nurses’ strike

Grim figures released ahead of nurses going on strike for the second time at hospitals across England

Evening Standard

Why the Welsh Ambulance Service is on its knees from those at the very sharp end

'The answer here is not more ambulances'

Wales Online

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Daily Mirror

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Hospitals told to review discharge plans as NHS comes under ‘severe’ pressure

The First Minister said that NHS boards have until the end of this month to review their discharge plans.

The National (Scotland)

NHS health is in in rapid decline due to 15 years of poor treatment by SNP

In his regular Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says our NHS is broken, the system is failing and staff are being asked to do the impossible.

Daily Record

Striking workers are telling the truth about Britain. No wonder politicians want to silence them

The Tories and Labour alike believe strikes are unpopular. But picket by picket, the divisive principles underlying British politics are being dismantled, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

Health secretary Steve Barclay tells GMB union that strike led to ambulance service that could not guarantee safety

Health secretary Steve Barclay has admitted that the level of ambulance cover could not be "relied upon to ensure patient and public safety" during recent strike action.

Evening Standard

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'Ambulance staff can't do the job they joined for because of the NHS crisis'

The head of the Welsh Ambulance service said staff morale was very low

Wales Online

Health Secretary says ambulance strike cover was not enough to keep public safe

Steve Barclay has written to the GMB setting out why the UK Government’s anti-strike legislation is needed.

The Independent UK

As corridors fill with patients, hundreds are unable to leave our crisis-hit hospitals

In some cases, it will be weeks before patients can move on and free up badly needed beds

Liverpool Echo

'The devastation of our NHS has to stop - hero doctors deserve better pay and conditions'

Sometimes it is easy to forget that, behind the headlines and NHS stats, there are human beings. The horror of what the doctors and nurses are going through as a matter of routine is building up

Daily Mirror

Ambulance staff say they feel ‘demonised’ by Government

The GMB Ambulance Committee accused ministers of trying to ‘remove our right to strike’.

Evening Standard

NHS in England under more ‘extreme pressure’ than at height of pandemic

NHS England chief says service is ‘over-reliant’ on foreign staff and calls for universities to ‘ramp up’ training

The Guardian - UK

UK ambulance workers accuse government of demonising them

In letter to Rishi Sunak, GMB union members say they feel ‘utterly betrayed’ by attempts to portray them as ‘uncaring about safety’

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The Independent UK

Health service under pressure ‘like nothing I have ever experienced’ – NHS boss

Amanda Pritchard’s interview with The Times comes after NHS England data revealed that one in 10 people was left waiting hours for ambulances.

Nottingham Post

Hundreds of patients in Nottinghamshire ambulances wait over an hour to be handed over

NHS Nottinghamshire said it continues to face 'extreme pressure'

Liverpool Echo

Staff are 'struggling day to day' admits Liverpool hospital chief

James Sumner said clinicians at city hospitals would be supported amid the NHS crisis

Chronicle Live

Almost 1,500 North East patients spent 12 hours or more in A&E waiting for a hospital bed in December

A&E pressures hit new highs in the North East's NHS in December

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Evening Standard

Kate Garraway details the ‘distressing’ moment husband Derek fell out of his wheelchair

The Good Morning Britain presenter shared her experience while debating current ambulance wait times

Nottingham Post

Emergency calls dropped by 20% during latest East Midlands Ambulance Service strike

People are being urged to continue using NHS services 'wisely' so that patients with life-threatening conditions can be seen

Evening Standard

Charity warns against normalising ‘outrage’ of 12 hour waits in hospital A&E departments

Waits for emergency treatment reached record highs in December 2022

The Guardian - UK

Money for NHS pay rises will have to come from existing health budget, says No 10

Downing Street warns ministers there will be no extra funding as they look for way to solve industrial dispute

Daily Mirror

BBC Question Time: Doctor blasts NHS 'warzone' as Tory minister denies crisis

A Tory minister denied that the NHS was in a crisis during a heated discussion on BBC Question Time last night, after members of the panel and audience urged the government to take action

Daily Mirror

'I'm in awe of our tireless nurses from the vantage point of my hospital bed'

Paul Routledge gets a frontline view of how hard our NHS staff work after being rushed into Leeds General Infirmary, and says Rishi Sunak needs to stop his PR photo-ops and get real himself

The Independent UK

‘Mayhem’ in A&E: The horrifying reality of Britain’s emergency care crisis

Special investigation by Rebecca Thomas: Record 12-hour waits before being admitted, the ill and the injured treated in maternity wards, patients lying in hospital corridors. How much more can the NHS take?

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