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BMA in secret talks with government to end strikes by NHS consultants

Deal on table would give consultants another 6% rise on top of the 6% Rishi Sunak described as final

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023

Doctors on strike for ‘equivalent of month’, says NHS chief in talks plea

The NHS had operated for 720 hours since March ‘without a significant proportion of our medical workforce’, chief executive Amanda Pritchard said.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out was ‘confusing’ and put lives at risk, inquiry told

Eat Out to Help Out ‘encouraged social mixing’ and ‘confused public health messaging’, inquiry hears

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Row erupts after NHS leaders say doctors strike ‘causing significant risk’ to patients

More than a million operations and appointments have been cancelled since industrial action in the NHS began last December

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2023

Medics vow to strike ‘until next general election and beyond’

Thousands of striking doctors and radiographers attended a protest rally in Manchester.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

Sunak challenged over claim strikes are ‘number one reason’ for NHS backlog

The Prime Minister said the Government had ‘tried multiple times’ to meet the British Medical Association (BMA) as he faced pressure from medics.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

Thousands of patients to miss out on scans as radiographers walk out

Radiographers to join consultants and junior doctors on picket line

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

Ministers urged to enter Acas talks with consultants

It comes in the middle of a joint strike by junior doctors and consultants in England.

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023

NHS strikes: What ails UK health service? Doctors’ protests or budget cuts?

UK doctors have begun a 72-hour strike to demand pay rise and better working conditions amid cost of living crisis.

Al Jazeera · Oct 2, 2023

NHS pays doctor £7,900 to cover striking colleagues

Multiple hospitals say they have shelled out more than £3,000 for a strike shift

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023