The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

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 · Jul 25, 2025

‘Exactly what a union should be doing’: doctors in Manchester defend strike action

BMA members on Manchester Royal Infirmary picket line had hoped Labour government would end pay dispute

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025

Wes Streeting says striking doctors must feel ‘pain’ to prevent walkouts spreading

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The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2025

Voices: ‘They work long, unsocial hours – for what?’ Frustration over doctor pay boils over as strikes begin

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is split: some say resident doctors deserve far more, others believe their pay is already fair, and the strikes go too far

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2025

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 Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025

Friday briefing: ​Can the NHS and Labour survive another strike by resident doctors?

In today’s newsletter: After years of industrial unrest, the pay dispute between NHS resident doctors and the government has reignited, threatening to undermine Labour’s central health pledge

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025

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 · Jul 24, 2025

Resident doctors strike: Medics demanding 29% pay rise begin walkout despite last-ditch plea from Keir Starmer

Resident doctors took to picket lines across England on Friday in pay dispute that is expected to cause serious disruption to patient care

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

Starmer issues last-ditch appeal as thousands of doctors strike

Members of the public have been urged to come forward for NHS care during the walkout, and are being asked to attend appointments as usual.

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

This unnecessary doctors’ strike will hurt patients, the NHS and doctors themselves. Pull back: don’t do it

The BMA is refusing to engage with the government. It is rushing into industrial action that will undermine the entire trade union movement, says health secretary Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025