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Starmer: Doctors’ strikes as NHS battles flu ‘epidemic’ would be ‘beyond belief’

The Prime Minister said a good deal was on the table.

Evening Standard

‘Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer

Exclusive: PM’s outspoken attack on stoppages planned for 17-22 December risks inflaming tensions with medics

The Guardian - UK

Streeting warns doctors’ strikes could collapse NHS – but BMA chief insists walkouts won’t put patients at risk

Tom Dolphin says ‘the same model that has worked for all the previous strikes to keep patients safe will apply’ during next week’s planned walkout, which comes amid surging flu cases

The Independent UK

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What looks like ‘overdiagnosis’ is really a system struggling to provide continuous care

After waiting more than a year to see an NHS specialist, Sam’s assessment for ADHD took less than two hours. It happened over video, involved a short checklist and brief history, and ended with a swift decision.

The Conversation

Voices: ‘There were clear warnings’: Readers on the NHS ‘flunami’ crisis

YOUR VIEWS: Our community says the ‘flunami’ was inevitable – with many arguing that years of underfunding, workforce pressures and rising demand have left the NHS acutely vulnerable to any sudden spike in winter illness

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting ‘not comfortable’ with puberty blocker clinical trial

The Health Secretary made a ban on puberty blockers indefinite in December last year.

Evening Standard

‘Technocrat’ criticism was not aimed at Starmer, insists Streeting

The Health Secretary also ruled out the possibility of challenging the Prime Minister’s leadership alongside Angela Rayner.

Evening Standard

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Streeting ‘genuinely fearful’ for the NHS as strike looms and flu cases surge

The Health Secretary said the BMA has chosen next week for a walkout as the union knows it ‘will be most painful for the NHS’.

The Independent UK

Streeting warns strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS

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The Independent UK

'Worst crisis since Covid': Super flu tearing through London as Streeting urges doctors to call off strike

The number of patients with flu in the capital’s hospitals has jumped 47% to 380 in a week

Evening Standard

Health Secretary Pleads with Doctors to Cancel Strike as Flu Crisis Peaks

As flu cases jump 55% in a week, Health Secretary Wes Streeting pleads with doctors to cancel their December strike. The NHS faces a 'worst-case scenario' winter crisis.

International Business Times UK

Strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS amid worst crisis since Covid, says Streeting

Health secretary urges resident doctors, who are to strike from 17 December, to accept his offer to end dispute

The Guardian - UK

'Super flu' is posing threat to NHS unlike any since Covid pandemic, warns Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary called on resident doctors to call off their industrial action amid a sharp rise in flu cases across the country.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting warns of ‘Jenga piece’ that could collapse the NHS amid flu outbreak

The Health Secretary appealed directly to resident doctors

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Where in the UK is most affected by the flu surge as pressure mounts on hospitals

There are enough flu patients each day to fill the facilities of more than three hospital trusts

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry to be held into north-east England NHS trust after patient deaths

Health secretary announces investigation into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust that has seen young patients take their own lives

The Guardian - UK

NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases

Hospitals treating record numbers of flu patients but worst is yet to come as medical bosses urge people to get vaccinated

The Independent UK

Voices: What will it take to keep resident doctors in work this winter?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The health secretary will point to a ‘worst-case’ outbreak of flu sweeping hospital wards, a public losing sympathy with the strikes and a sensible offer on the negotiating table as he bids to steer a way through this NHS crisis

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The Guardian - UK

Gen Z know the social contract is broken. It’ll take more than youth clubs and StarmerTok to reach them

Labour’s £500m national youth strategy has some positives, but real change must start by tackling the root causes of unhappiness, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Independent UK

Country hit by ‘tidal wave of flu’ as masks return to hospitals

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The Independent UK

Councillors pelted with eggs during asylum seekers debate

The council’s office was also damaged, with toilets and lifts vandalised

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners in legal effort to suspend trial of puberty blockers in England

Activists argue research could harm children but NHS adviser says study is necessary to allow families to make informed decisions

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting hits out at ‘technocratic’ Labour leadership weeks after being accused of trying to oust Starmer

The health secretary also appeared to warn his party’s approach left it vulnerable to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says resident doctors would be irresponsible to strike in face of flu crisis

PM urges medics to ‘do the responsible thing, accept the offer that’s on the table, and we can all move forward’

The Independent UK

Campaigners send legal letter calling for puberty blocker trial to be stopped

Researchers expect to see the first patients available for recruitment in the new year, with results expected in around four years.

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