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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 · Jul 17, 2025

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 · Jul 17, 2025

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 · Jul 17, 2025

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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 · Jul 16, 2025

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 · Jul 16, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

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 · Jul 15, 2025

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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 · Jul 15, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

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 · Jul 15, 2025

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 · Jul 15, 2025

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

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The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025

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 · Jul 14, 2025

Animation of Joe Wicks launched to help children keep fit

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2025

Resident doctors’ strikes would be gift to Nigel Farage, warns Wes Streeting

Exclusive: Labour fighting for survival of NHS, health secretary tells MPs as he prepares to meet BMA

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2025

Striking doctors have badly misjudged the mood of the nation

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Since the general election, resident doctors have seen their wages rise by much more than most other working people, with few – if any – commitments to improving productivity

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The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2025

‘Unconscionable’ for doctors not to tell their employers if they plan to strike, Streeting warns

Health secretary warns doctors that striking is ‘unreasonable’ and ‘self-defeating’ ahead of talks to avert planned action

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025

Measles death shows nation must ‘redouble’ vaccine efforts, Streeting says

The Health Secretary said ‘no child in this country should be dying of measles’.

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025

Resident doctors acting in ‘unconscionable way’ over strikes – Streeting

The Government and the British Medical Association are set to meet this week.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2025

Doctors say 5-day walkout will go ahead even if heatwave alerts issued

Exclusive: British Medical Association to stage industrial action next week as Labour health secretary Wes Streeting insists bigger pay rise for junior doctors is ‘unaffordable’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2025

Resident doctors deserve real-terms pay rise after working through Covid, says BMA

Ahead of meetings with health secretary, BMA council deputy chair says 29% claim justified to replace lost salary

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025

Talks between Government and doctors to go ahead ‘to avert strike action’

The Government has said that it ‘can’t go further on pay’.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2025

Nurses’ pay has been ‘severely eroded’ since 2010, study reveals

The Royal College of Nursing said its analysis found pay is £8,000 lower than if wages had kept up with inflation

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