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The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

Why doctors’ strike action is becoming increasingly likely

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The Independent UK

Hopes of averting doctors’ strike after ‘constructive’ meeting with Streeting

Talks focused on resident doctors’ working lives as health secretary refused to reopen negotiations on pay

The Guardian - UK

Government ‘has very small window’ to prevent doctors’ strike as talks fail to reach resolution

A five-day walkout is scheduled to start next week and could cause significant upheaval to the NHS in England

The Independent UK

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Government ‘has very small window to avert resident doctors’ strike’

A five-day walkout is scheduled to start next week and could cause significant upheaval to the NHS in England.

Evening Standard

Patients in England’s most deprived areas wait longer for NHS treatment, data reveals

Those from Asian or British Asian backgrounds are more likely to be waiting for more than 18 weeks

The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors’ pay demands won’t get the public on side

Letters: Dr Ieuan Davies urges junior doctors to highlight more reasonable issues such as their debt and compulsory overtime. Plus letters from Prof Anthony Seaton, Martin Empson and Dr Nicholas Rose

The Guardian - UK

Striking doctors willing to ‘discuss all options’ to halt five-day walkout

The Resident Doctors Committee is meeting with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Thursday afternoon.

Evening Standard

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Doctors set for crunch talks with government to halt five-day strike

NHS doctors is meeting with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Thursday afternoon

The Independent UK

Donald Trump says Coca Cola will be changing a key ingredient - here's all we know

The US President is a known Diet Coke fan and reportedly has a button in his office specifically for the beverage

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting considers writing off part of doctors’ student debts to avert strike

Exclusive: Health secretary looking closely at ‘forgiveness’ scheme as crucial talks with resident doctors begin

The Guardian - UK

Labour voters back doctors over five-day strike and think Wes Streeting should meet pay demands

Exclusive: Labour backers support NHS walkout plans, which experts have warned will cause waiting lists to rise, in challenge to the health secretary’s tough stance

The Independent UK

Resident doctors accused of ‘greedy’ pay demands before Streeting talks

Hospital chiefs warn next week’s strike in England will cause ‘chaos’ in NHS, as BMA pushes for 29% rise on top of last year’s 22% deal

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting to meet resident doctors’ leaders in bid to avoid strikes

The Health Secretary has insisted the Government will not budge on pay, but said discussions could focus on improving working lives of medics.

Evening Standard

Care home workers ‘almost twice as likely to be in poverty as average UK worker’

Details of how fairer pay can be provided for adult social care workers are due to be set out by Government.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Physician associates should ‘never be used to replace doctors’ – Streeting

Wes Streeting pledged to implement in full the findings of a review which said physician associates must not diagnose patients.

The Independent UK

Physician Associates should be banned from diagnosing untriaged patients, review says

Physician associates have been used as substitutes for doctors, despite having significantly less training.

The Independent UK

NHS cuts could lead to another Baby P or Victoria Climbie as safeguarding staff face axe, doctors warn

Exclusive: NSPCC calls on Wes Streeting to protect safeguarding roles to help keep children safe

The Independent UK

Voices: Is it time to give up on the NHS, our national religion?

COMMENT: The former health secretary Sajid Javid says we should charge £20 for GP appointments and replace the health service with a Dutch-style social insurance system – just as Wes Streeting warns the doctors that they are paving the way for Nigel Farage to do just that, writes John Rentoul

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Evening Standard

No extra money to cover resident doctor strikes, NHS trust leaders warn

The British Medical Association announced resident doctors in England would walk out for five days from 7am on July 25.

The Independent UK

Joe Wicks helping Government move away from ‘boring’ fitness videos – Streeting

Wes Streeting said his own experience of kidney cancer had made him focus on his health ‘but the nature of my job means my exercise has suffered’.

The Independent UK

Why the UK is lagging behind other countries on measles vaccinations

Declining health budgets and the spread of misinformation are putting children in the UK at risk of measles, as Rebecca Thomas reports

The Independent UK

‘Shockingly irresponsible’ for striking doctors to keep bosses in dark: Streeting

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The Independent UK

Council overspend on social care highest in decade amid warning over NHS plan

Investment is needed to keep people well at home, otherwise the shift towards prevention and neighbourhood health risks being undermined, Adass said.

Evening Standard

Concern over resident doctor wellbeing as medics prepare for key strike talks

The Government and the British Medical Association are to meet to try and avoid strike action.

Evening Standard

Animation of Joe Wicks launched to help children keep fit

The Body Coach has made five-minute clips to help children stay active

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