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Voices: ‘Doctors are not self-indulgent’: Readers on NHS strike action as flu cases rise

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over resident doctors’ pre-Christmas strike, with some condemning its timing amid record flu cases as dangerous and self-indulgent, while others defend it as a justified response to years of pay erosion and NHS underfunding.

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025

Patients Face Delays as Junior Doctors Announce Longest Strike This Year

Junior doctors in England announce the longest strike this year. Read about the 6-day walkout, the impact on patients, and the ongoing pay dispute.

International Business Times UK · Dec 16, 2025

Older patients ‘will be hit harder than most’ by doctors strike

Up to half of the medical workforce in England could stop work at 7am on Wednesday and not return for five days.

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025

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Officials fear NHS will be hit hard after resident doctors reject latest offer

Wes Streeting and BMA urged to seek mediation as hospitals in England struggle amid flu outbreak

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025

'Sack Them!' Poll Says UK Doctors Who Protest Amid Superflu Outbreak Should Be Fired for 'Putting Lives at Risk'

A new poll shows rising public anger as UK resident doctors press ahead with strike action during a superflu surge, with many saying walkouts risk lives.

International Business Times UK · Dec 15, 2025

Health secretary’s fury at ‘self-indulgent’ five-day doctors’ strike as NHS faces Christmas flu crisis

Keir Starmer accuses NHS doctors of ‘irresponsible’ behaviour as flu cases surge across England

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025

Why doctors are striking this week as Streeting says NHS is ‘at risk’

It marks the 15th strike by resident doctors – formerly called junior doctors – since March 2023

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025

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Sir Keir Starmer: Resident doctors strikes ‘irresponsible’

The Prime Minister said he is ‘very gutted’ that medics have voted to go ahead with walkouts this week.

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025

Doctors’ strike to go ahead after medics reject Government offer

British Medical Association members took part in an online poll over the weekend on whether or not the new deal was enough to call off the walkout.

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025

Doctors strike to go ahead despite super flu sweeping through London

The British Medical Association (BMA) confirmed its members will down tools between December 17 and December 22, despite a strain of super-flu sweeping through the country

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025

Resident doctors in England vote to go ahead with strike

Five-day strike to start on Wednesday as Wes Streeting’s offer is overwhelmingly rejected by BMA members

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025

Hospitals could face further disruption with further strikes

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The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025

‘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 · Dec 13, 2025

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 · Dec 13, 2025

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Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2025

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 · Dec 12, 2025

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

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

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

‘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 Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025

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

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The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025

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’.

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2025

'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 · Dec 12, 2025

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.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2025

'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 · Dec 12, 2025

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

The Health Secretary appealed directly to resident doctors

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

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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