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Monday briefing: The government blames the unions for strikes – but what’s the truth?

In today’s newsletter: Factchecking claims striking workers are irresponsible, selfish and unrealistic

The Guardian - UK

Government to hold Cobra meeting amid widespread strikes

Royal Mail staff, nurses, paramedics, rail employees and Border Force officials will all stage walkouts over jobs, pay and conditions

Evening Standard

'I need an urgent MRI scan but was told I'm over the weight limit'

Jackie Nulty, 33, needs an urgent MRI scan for a 'possible brain tumour'

Manchester Evening News

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UK strike calendar – service stoppages planned for March and April

All the dates for strikes and stoppages across health, transport and education networks

The Guardian - UK

Government to hold Cobra meeting as it faces widespread strikes

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden has urged the unions to call off the “damaging” action

Wales Online

Leeds girl, 14, at risk of sepsis but has to wait hours for hospital treatment

Ruby Hemsley is now being treated for sepsis which could be fatal if not treated straight away

Leeds Live

Ambulance waits in critical cases have soared in most council areas

The information showed worrying response time for so-called purple calls

Daily Record

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Labour leader Keir Starmer strikes the wrong note in trying to out-Tory the Tories

Recent polling suggests most people are pessimistic about the future direction of the UK and expect things to get worse.

Daily Record

Hospital in England pays £5,200 for one agency doctor’s shift

Experts say the sums paid to temporary staff reflects a shortage of medical personnel

The Independent UK

2022 the UK’s worst year for real wage growth since 1977, TUC says

Analysis shows real wages fell by an average of £76 a month in 2022 as pay failed to keep pace with inflation

The Guardian - UK

Hospital in England pays £5,200 for doctor’s agency shift

Labour said it showed the extent of the staffing crisis facing English hospitals.

The Independent UK

Cobra meeting to discuss plans for military staff to cover striking workers

Labour and former army head warn repeated use of armed forces may lead to burnout and soldiers quitting

The Guardian - UK

NHS paying up to £5,200 a shift for agency doctors, Labour research shows

Party criticises significant rise in use of temporary staff while places at medical school have been cut

The Guardian - UK

Public braced for walkouts as ministers accused of ‘dangerous’ attitude to strikes

Government rejects pay talks with nurses despite warning patients face ‘significant’ risks

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

Paramedics 'don't want to strike' but patients 'will die' if crisis continues

Unison chief says government has let NHS drift into a dire state and striking is the only way to make sure things don't become 'more dangerous' on the frontline

Daily Mirror

NHS patients could be treated at private hospitals to ease backlogs as nurses strike

The Royal College of Nursing will stage its first-ever national walkout on December 15 and 20 from 8am to 8pm - and some NHS patients may get treatment at private health providers

Daily Mirror

'It's 10 hours at 7am to see an A&E doc as NHS pays price for years of Tory neglect'

Kevin Maguire says the blame doesn’t lie with hard pressed, over-worked, under-staffed and poorly paid nurses, paramedics and ambulance crews pushed to strike - it's the Tories

Daily Mirror

GPs could predict and prevent serious falls with hospital admissions tumbling

Dr Constantinos Koshiaris of Oxford University has developed a new tool to help predict who may have a serious fall which could save the NHS up to £2.3billion

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The Independent UK

Government accused of playing ‘dangerous game’ after ‘pause’ offer rejected

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) offered to suspend the proposed action if Health Secretary Steve Barclay would agree to negotiate properly on pay.

Daily Mirror

NHS bosses order extra supplies of antibiotics in fight against Strep A

Parents demanded action in fight against rise in Strep A cases after shortages in some places of antibiotics including the liquid version of penicillin - often given to children

Chronicle Live

Gosforth TV doctor Ellie Cannon on 'stress' of helping the UK through a pandemic

Dr Ellie Cannon was brought up in Gosforth and now she's spoken about the privilege and responsibility of representing the health service on TV during a pandemic

Daily Record

Consultation launched for new pharmacy to open in Hamilton

The public are being asked for their views on the new pharmacy which would be situated on Hillhouse Road

Glasgow Live

Glasgow call centre boss living life of luxury as staff laid off weeks before Christmas

Boss David Harper, who is linked to three failed companies, was enjoying lavish holidays abroad and lives in a £2million mansion while his staff were left with no jobs in the run up to Christmas.

The Guardian - UK

‘This lot? No way’: what ‘red wall’ voters think now of Johnson, the Tories and Labour

We visit Blyth, Bury and Penistone to find out what has changed in the three years since they turned blue

The Guardian - UK

As Britain’s workers reach their limits, the government has no option but to negotiate

Essential workers from nurses to railway staff have had enough – and the Tories will soon realise union-bashing isn’t the answer, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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