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Resident doctors ‘energised’ over prospect of more strikes, medics say

Doctors in training, formerly known as junior doctors, said their cries have ‘fallen on deaf ears’.

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025

Why are doctors threatening strike action over a 4% pay rise?

Ministers previously said they could only afford a rise of 2.8 per cent in 2025-26

The Independent UK · May 23, 2025

‘Catastrophic’ error as hundreds of doctors told they passed exams they failed

Those impacted by the error are being informed by the federation

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2025

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Error that left medics with wrong exam result condemned as ‘catastrophic’

Some 1,451 medics took the MRCP(UK) Part 2 Written Examination in September 2023, according to the BMA.

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025

Ban physician associates from seeing NHS patients one-to-one, says RCP

Medical body asks ministers to slow hiring of PAs in England and take a ‘more measured approach’ to their integration

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024

Teachers and nurses warn Rachel Reeves of strike action over 2.8% pay rise proposal

Inflation is predicted to average 2.5% this year and 2.6% next year, according to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024

Unions attack 2.8% Government pay rise proposal for NHS workers and teachers

Inflation is predicted to average 2.5% this year and 2.6% next year, according to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024

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Former health secretary Matt Hancock booed as he arrives to give evidence at Covid inquiry

Mr Hancock will give evidence over two days.

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024

Former health secretary Matt Hancock to be questioned at Covid inquiry

Mr Hancock will give evidence over two days.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024

Doctors' union BMA calls for ban on puberty blockers for under-18s to be lifted

BMA says it will critique Cass Review into children’s gender services

Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2024

Government’s ‘fatal strategic flaws’ in Covid planning led to avoidable deaths and economic pain

Covid-19 public inquiry chair Baroness Hallett has demanded ‘radical reform’ of UK’s pandemic plans

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024

Wes Streeting vows to begin negotiation groundwork with junior doctors next week in first act as health chief

‘From today, the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken,’ says new health secretary Wes Streeting

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

NHS trusts accused of exaggerating staff shortages to weaken impact of strike

BMA claims hospitals in England trying to ‘manipulate’ exemption requests to get junior doctors to return

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024

Two in three UK doctors suffer ‘moral distress’ due to overstretched NHS, study finds

Exclusive: lack of resources to treat people whose ill health is often worsened by poverty is taking a heavy toll on medics’ wellbeing

The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

Cancer and maternity patients at risk if junior doctors strike in January, NHS bosses warn

NHS Employers writes to British Medical Association warning of dangers of proposed six-day stoppage

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023

‘It’s going to be a terrible winter’: ambulance queues warn of early crisis for NHS

Despite Sunak’s plan to prevent another season of misery, embattled hospital staff feel little has changed from previous years

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

Doctors started writing their wills in 2020, UK Covid inquiry told

Prof Philip Banfield says profession was ‘traumatised’ after events of pandemic, as he criticises government response

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Doctors’ strikes row escalates as NHS leaders claim walkouts are harming patients

NHS leaders warn hospitals have struggled to maintain safe staffing during doctors’ strikes

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Evening Standard · 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

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

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

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023

Lessons the NHS needs to learn after Lucy Letby case

Public inquiry that is now almost inevitable will need to examine failings of people and processes – and result in meaningful changes

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2023

Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor

Exclusive: BMA council chair says medics will have no option but to stage more industrial action until ministers make ‘credible offer’

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Doctors urged to back down as strikes continue despite 6% pay offer

Junior doctors’ longest walkout yet entered its second of five days on Friday.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

Minister calls for pay offer to be taken ‘seriously’ as doctors in England strike

Health unions suggest industrial action likely to continue as Gillian Keegan defends 8.8% rise on the table

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Junior doctors ‘in for the long run’ as strikes continue despite Sunak’s 6% ‘final’ pay offer

Chances of further doctor walkouts are ‘very high’, BMA warns

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