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Keir Starmer gives resident doctors 48 hours to call off strike or lose training offer

PM says union’s decision to reject deal for extra training posts and 7.1% pay rise without putting it to members in England is ‘reckless’

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Keir Starmer issues 48-hour ultimatum over 'reckless' resident doctors' strikes

Prime Minister threatens to withdraw an offer of thousands of extra specialty NHS training posts

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer gives 48-hour deadline to resident doctors to call off strikes

The Prime Minister has threatened to withdraw an offer of thousands of extra specialty NHS training posts.

The Independent UK

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Starmer issues new ultimatum as he hits out at striking doctors

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Starmer gives ‘reckless’ resident doctors 48 hours to call off strikes or he’ll pull jobs deal

BMA to stage six-day action after Easter weekend over demands for pay to be restored to 2008 levels

The Independent UK

NHS bosses say resident doctors’ strike will cause ‘maximum harm’

BMA’s decision to withdraw from talks with government and NHS chiefs has sparked a war of words

The Guardian - UK

Doctors warned future pay offer won’t be better and are urged to reconsider strikes

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned resident doctors that a future pay offer will not be better than the current one, setting a deadline for them to reconsider strike action. Resident doctors in England are scheduled to begin a joint-longest walkout on 7 April, marking their 15th strike since 2023.…

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Resident doctors in England to begin six-day strike after rejecting offer in pay dispute

British Medical Association blame government for longest proposed walkout so far, with NHS leaders warning it could cost £300m

The Guardian - UK

When are resident doctors due to go on strike in England?

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The Independent UK

Half of Britons avoid calling GP when they are ill, survey finds

Most believe they will struggle to get an appointment, with over a quarter choosing to manage ailment themselves

The Guardian - UK

GPs write to England’s chief medical officer over flu jab cost

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The Independent UK

Some GPs threaten to stop offering flu jabs next winter

The British Medical Association warned that most flu jabs for next winter will need to be ordered soon

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting to offer resident doctors bigger pay rise to end dispute

Health secretary to increase pay offer and guarantee working conditions for resident doctors only

The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors in England vote to continue industrial action for another six months

British Medical Association members back further action as union’s chair says ‘a deal is there to be done’

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Evening Standard

Doctors vote in favour of continuing industrial action

The union urged the Government to act to prevent further strikes.

The Independent UK

Striking NHS doctors vote to continue action for another six months amid ongoing pay row

93 per cent of doctors voted to continue industrial action amid an ongoing row over pay and jobs

The Independent UK

British medics could ‘turn their backs on NHS’ if not prioritised for training places

Wes Streeting said the NHS needs to ‘break our over-reliance on international recruitment’

The Guardian - UK

NHS staff face ‘national emergency’ as patient violence hits 285 incidents a day

Nearly 300,000 violent and sexual assaults recorded by NHS trusts in England over three years, Guardian analysis shows

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The Independent UK

NHS went ahead with 95 per cent of hospital appointments during doctors’ strike

An average of 19,120 resident doctors were on strike each day over five days in December

The Independent UK

NHS Online to offer video appointments for nine common conditions

NHS Online will initially provide support for conditions, including endometriosis, when it launches next year

Evening Standard

Streeting says he wants to avoid strikes next year as doctors return to work

It comes as the British Medical Association said it is ‘keen to engage’ with the Health Secretary, but called for ‘less name-calling’ in 2026.

The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors say they will resume talks to avoid further strikes with ‘can-do spirit’

BMA calls on Wes Streeting to be equally positive and says 11th-hour talks before five-day stoppage came too late but were encouraging

The Independent UK

Doctors tell Wes Streeting there must be ‘less name-calling and more deal-making’ to avoid strikes in 2026

Health secretary has called resident doctors’ union the British Medical Association (BMA) ‘self-indulgent’

Evening Standard

Doctors return to work as hospitals work to recover from strike disruption

Health experts have warned that the impact of the strike will be felt into the new year ‘and beyond’.

The Independent UK

There is still work to do to fix the NHS

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: For all the signs that the government is having a positive effect on the NHS, the British Medical Association is proving a considerable thorn in its side

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