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Doctors tell Wes Streeting there must be ‘less name-calling and more deal-making’ to avoid strikes in 2026

Health secretary has called resident doctors’ union the British Medical Association (BMA) ‘self-indulgent’

The Independent UK

There is still work to do to fix the NHS

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: For all the signs that the government is having a positive effect on the NHS, the British Medical Association is proving a considerable thorn in its side

The Independent UK

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

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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

Will the BMA call off the doctors strike? New offer raises hopes as superflu threatens to overwhelm hospitals

It comes as Health Secretary Wes Streeting warns a strike in the run-up to Christmas would carry a ‘much different degree of risk’ to other walkouts

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting agrees he has ‘had it’ with the BMA over doctors’ strikes

The Health Secretary said there had been an outbreak of ‘juvenile delinquency’ at the doctors’ union.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting calls doctors’ union ‘moaning minnies’ over strike

Wes Streeting has accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of acting like “moaning minnies” over the doctors’ strike.

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Resident doctors accused of ‘cynical attempt to wreck Christmas’ with fresh strike

The British Medical Association said the action will take place from 17 to 22 December

The Independent UK

The majority of doctors supported the recent strike. So why did the Department of Health suggest the opposite?

It would seem that poll data was cherrypicked and then used to brief the Times. Such distortion of facts from a public body should alarm us all, says former president of YouGov Peter Kellner

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting blasts doctors’ strike as ‘slap in the face’ for NHS

Exclusive: Writing in The Independent, the health secretary accused the BMA of trying to ‘wreck’ the health service’s recovery with a ‘rush to industrial action’ – claiming it will only play into Nigel Farage’s hands

The Independent UK

Doctors in England to strike for five days in November amid pay row

The doctors will walk out from November 14 to 19 after failing to reach an agreement

Evening Standard

First-year doctors vote in favour of strike action in dispute over jobs

The British Medical Association (BMA) suggested ongoing talks with the Government now needed to include settlement on jobs.

Evening Standard

GP practices across England now have to offer online booking

The British Medical Association has opposed the plans and is considering industrial action

The Independent UK

GPs in England threaten action over online appointment booking plan

Doctors’ union says GPs will be overwhelmed by ‘triage tsunami’ and gives ministers 48 hours to take measures

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Evening Standard

NHS waiting list up but number of patients facing longest waits falls

The figures come as Health Secretary Wes Streeting continues talks with the British Medical Association to prevent further resident doctor strikes.

The Guardian - UK

BMA rejects NHS claim that less than third of resident doctors went on strike

Union says complex work schedules and annual leave make it almost impossible to know how many took part

The Independent UK

NHS set for winter chaos as nurses and GPs threaten strike action

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The Independent UK

Now nurses and GPs threaten to strike as NHS braces for winter chaos

Union warns ministers to ‘invest in nursing’ or face further disputes as GPs prepare for strike ballot meeting

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The Guardian - UK

NHS chiefs and BMA in row over patient safety during doctors’ strike

NHS England and union in war of words over striking doctors being asked to deal with emergency situations

The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors’ focus on pay is doing untold damage to the NHS

Letters: Robert Behrman fears resident doctors are leading the NHS towards a change in its entire ethos, and Prof David Cameron has cancelled his BMA subscription over their strike this week, but Marianne Gemmeke has sympathy for their action

The Guardian - UK

Fewer resident doctors thought to have gone on strike than in last year’s NHS stoppage

Picket-line turnout on first day of industrial action believed to be lower with hope of less disruption to NHS services

The Guardian - UK

Streeting says ‘we won’t let BMA hold country to ransom’ as resident doctors start five days of strikes – as it happened

Health secretary says government doing all it can to ‘minimise risk and disruption’ as BMA says pay has fallen more in real terms since 2008 than rest of population

The Independent UK

Doctor strikes begin despite Starmer’s last-ditch plea to avert five-day walkout

Health secretary Wes Streeting says BMA has left ‘damage at the door of the NHS’

The Independent UK

‘This strike will harm patients’: Top NHS official’s stark warning as BMA doctors set for five-day walkout

Resident doctors from the British Medical Association are due to walk out at 7am on Friday in a row over pay

The Independent UK

Voices: Poll of the day: Do you think resident doctors are fairly paid for the work they do?

Resident doctors are demanding a significant pay rise amid claims of long-term wage erosion, but critics argue their current salaries are fair and further increases would be unaffordable for the NHS

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