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Eight days waiting in A&E: Inside the crisis in NHS mental health care

From counselling and community care to emergency departments, every level of NHS mental health services is on the brink – and it’s patients who are suffering. Health correspondent Rebecca Thomas uncovers how close the system is to collapse

The Independent UK

Pensioner, 71, who thought she was having 'heart attack' waited nine hours for an ambulance'

"I was one of the lucky ones that escaped but there are many cases where people will die in ambulances”

Wales Online

Winter difficulties in patients being discharged from hospitals in Nottingham

More than 170 patients are medically fit for discharge

Nottingham Post

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How long can you test positive for Covid and when are you infectious?

A surge in cases is indicating a new wave has started in the UK

The Independent UK

Nurses are struggling – our strike has been a long time coming

A nurse explains why he will be striking over pay, understaffing and the future of the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Midwife nearly quit after baby's death until couple sent letter

The midwife stayed in bed for four days after the "beautiful" baby's death

Liverpool Echo

'If Tories can find money to cut taxes for bankers, they should give nurses a pay rise'

Health Secretary Steve Barclay should be doing everything he can to prevent the strikes from going ahead - but instead, he claims a pay rise for nurses is 'unaffordable'

Daily Mirror

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Dentists to receive fairer payments in bid to end patient backlogs

Health Minster Neil O’Brien said: ‘I am determined to make sure everybody seeking NHS dental care can receive it when they need it.’

The Independent UK

NHS cancer care to be seriously disrupted by nurses’ strike action

Royal College of Nursing finalising areas to be affected, leaving patients in England and Wales unable to receive some treatments

The Guardian - UK

Nursing strike dates revealed - what we know as thousands of staff to walk out

Here's what we know so far

Manchester Evening News

Care for UK’s most vulnerable faces ‘collapse’ as providers count cost

Increasing numbers of providers, such as Leonard Cheshire, are ‘handing back’ contracts not viable at current funding levels

The Guardian - UK

Disabled care home residents evicted in charity’s dispute with councils

Exclusive: Leonard Cheshire says it can no longer afford to subsidise care services inadequately funded by councils

The Guardian - UK

Rising numbers of lonely old people present NHS challenges

Older people are at greater risk of social isolation, depression and ill health

Liverpool Echo

Rishi Sunak says nurse pay rise demands ‘obviously unaffordable’

Nurses want an above inflation pay rise to help plug tens of thousands of vacancies

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Rishi Sunak brands nurses' 19% pay plea 'unaffordable' as Keir Starmer declines to back it

Neither Rishi Sunak nor Keir Starmer today said they would accept nurses' current pleas for a pay rise - but Labour's leader said unlike the Tories, he would at least get round the table

The Independent UK

Midwives in Scotland to be consulted on latest pay offer

The fresh deal comes after Royal College of Midwives members had voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action in a ballot earlier this month.

Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: Nurse strikes & Sadiq Khan expands ULEZ

Nurses will go on strike for two days next month as part of a major escalation in a dispute over pay. Dozens of trusts will see nurses walk out on 15th and 20th December. It’s a tricky time of year for the NHS at the best of times but the…

Daily Mirror

Epileptic Alfie Dingley's mum revives medical cannabis fight after 4 years of Tory failure

Four years after medical cannabis was legalised, there are just a handful of prescriptions on the NHS - but tens of thousands dished out privately. Some families are facing hardship having to foot the bill, campaigner Hannah Deacon says

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Evening Standard

£2.7 billion needed to fix backlog of repairs to dilapidated London hospitals

Senior London hospital official warns her trust is ‘not fit for purpose’ as ministers urged to act

The Independent UK

Nurses to join series of strikes amid escalating industrial action

Industrial action by hundreds of thousands of workers is set to continue in the weeks running up to Christmas.

Daily Mirror

NHS workers lay crisis bare as strikes loom - debts, 12-hour days and eyeing up Tesco jobs

As nurse strikes loom next month and unions rally support for further NHS walkouts, the Mirror has spoken to four workers about their reasons for getting involved

Chronicle Live

NHS nurses announce strikes just days before Christmas in dispute over pay

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will hold its first-ever walkout on a national scale on December 15, with another coming just five days later - as Health Secretary Steve Barclay dodges discussions on pay.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon claims government doing 'everything' to offer fair pay deal to public sector workers

The First Minister addressed the Poverty Alliance Conference in Glasgow a day after thousands of teachers across the country walked out for first national strike in almost 40 years.

Daily Record

Independence supporters hit Stirling streets for rally after Supreme Court referendum decision

The rally took place on King Street in response to the decision from the UK's highest court.

Evening Standard

Striking nurses say ‘we’re doing this for patients’ with key hospitals to be hit

Nurses in around half of all NHS trusts would walk out on December 15 and 20 in a dispute over pay

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