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Health Secretary admits NHS under pressure but says it is due to Covid pandemic

The Health Secretary defended the Government’s handling of the NHS on Sunday

Evening Standard

Cabinet minister denies UK is considering Swiss-style links with EU

SENIOR figures in Rishi Sunak’s government are reportedly considering putting the UK on the road to a Swiss-style relationship with the EU.

The National (Scotland)

Cabinet minister warns he would not support closer Swiss-style relationship with the EU

Important to ‘really use the Brexit freedoms we have’, Steve Barclay says

The Independent UK

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Health department reported to stats watchdog over 'misleading' nurses' pay tweet

The post on the official DHSC account 10 days ago claimed nurses received a pay rise of £1,400 this year putting the most experienced on more than £40,000

Daily Mirror

21 Tory MPs claimed TV licences on expenses - having scrapped free telly for over-75s

The Conservative Party broke a manifesto pledge to protect the £157.50 lifeline the over-75s

Daily Mirror

Royal College of Nursing warn of December strikes if no progress in pay talks in five days

Government given five days to open ‘detailed negotiations’ over pay and patient safety

Evening Standard

Royal College of Nursing warns of UK-wide strikes as early as December

THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for “detailed negotiations” on pay in the next five days or it will announce strike dates for…

The National (Scotland)

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Health Secretary pledges NHS changes to tackle ‘future storms’

Steve Barclay will tell the NHS Providers conference about his current pledges, including more staff for NHS 111 and 999 call handling.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the NHS: set up to fail by being underresourced to meet demand

Editorial: It is a symptom of the social care crisis that hospitals find it so hard to discharge people who are well enough to leave

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak claims nursing union’s pay rise demand is ‘unaffordable’

The PM said it was ‘right’ that the Health Secretary was speaking to the Royal College of Nurses ahead of industrial action

Evening Standard

Minister in charge of hospitals said healthcare is 'natural place to start' with cuts

Steve Barclay said just two months ago that he had instructed department heads within the health service to release information on how much their teams cost, telling a right-wing thinktank that the health service is a "natural place to start" looking for savings

Daily Mirror

Health secretary to meet six unions in bid to avert wave of strikes across NHS

Industrial action to begin within weeks unless deals can be reached on unions’ demands for pay awards well above inflation

The Guardian - UK

Sunak omits target of 6,000 more GPs from brief for health secretary

Exclusive: Steve Barclay not tasked with manifesto commitment, raising fears that shortage of doctors in England will continue

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt ‘accepts picture’ of NHS on brink of collapse, but efficiencies must be found

Chancellor warns health service has to help fix UK’s broken economy despite facing ‘massive pressures’

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Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt slaps down nurses' plea for pay rise as Tories brand it 'unreasonable'

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rejected calls for a 17.6% pay rise for NHS staff after years of freezes and real-terms cuts, despite admitting the NHS is on the brink of collapse

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf asks Tory UK Health Secretary for more money to avert strike action

Ambulance workers in Scotland on Friday voted to take strike action for one day on November 28.

The Independent UK

Joint Scottish and Welsh calls for additional NHS funding to avert strike action

Humza Yousaf and his Welsh counterpart have written to the UK Health Secretary calling for additional funding to avert strike action over the winter.

Daily Mirror

'Tories are clueless on saving the NHS - it's time to let Labour fix their mess'

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the Conservatives have wrecked the economy and the NHS, and Labour is the only party with a proper plan to get the NHS back on its feet

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says nurses’ pay demands ‘not affordable’ as union backs strike OLD

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ‘sympathy’ with nurses – but best way to help is bringing down inflation

The Independent UK

Minister won’t say if nurses deserve to be paid as much as MPs OLD

Pay demands dismissed as ‘remarkably high’ by cabinet minister, as winter strike action looms

The Independent UK

Government urged to listen to nurses after historic vote to strike over pay

The Royal College of Nursing said its members in the majority of NHS employers across the UK have backed industrial action.

The Independent UK

Barclay: Nurses’ demands are ‘out of step’ with economic situation

The Health Secretary said it was ‘disappointing’ that nurses had voted to strike.

The National (Scotland)

Nurses vote to strike in dispute over pay for first time in 106-year history

Nurses across the UK have voted to strike in a dispute over pay.

The Guardian - UK

Nurses will be striking for their pay, your health – and the future of the NHS

There is nothing ‘militant’ about demanding less than what you were paid in 2010. The government needs to zip up and stump up, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Ministers urged to launch inquiry into inpatient mental health services after ‘systemic abuse’ allegations

Exclusive: The development comes after The Independent revealed allegations by 22 patients of ‘systemic abuse’ within children’s mental health hospitals

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