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Thousands of NHS appointments cancelled as talks fail to avert nursing strike

Ministers admit they cannot eliminate risk to public from wave of industrial action

The Independent UK

Irony dies as Tories accuse Labour of using the NHS as a political football

Another junior minister plays the fall guy as government keeps fingers firmly in its ears over strikes

The Guardian - UK

Talks to avert nurses’ strike fail after Health Secretary’s ‘belligerence’ – RCN

The Royal College of Nursing said Steve Barclay refused to discuss pay during a meeting on Monday.

The Independent UK

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Steve Barclay accused of ‘belligerence’ after refusing to discuss nurses’ pay at strike talks

‘They have closed their books and walked away’, says RCN chief after last-ditch bid to avoid strikes fails

The Independent UK

Private hospitals coming to the NHS’s rescue? Labour should know better

Evidence about the parasitic and risky nature of private healthcare has been mounting for decades, says David Rowland of the Centre for Health and the Public Interest

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer ‘tattooing on his forehead’ that Labour won’t do deal with SNP

Labour leader challenges Nicola Sturgeon on whether she would ‘prop up Tory government’

The Independent UK

Government’s approach to NHS pay row ‘disgusting’ – Labour

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said ministers were ‘spoiling for a fight’ over the dispute.

The Independent UK

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Labour’s strikes strategy is shifty but simple — let the Tories own the pain

In politics it always pays to watch the money. The most telling recent fact in British politics has been the fact that in the three months to September, the Labour party attracted £2.8 million in business donations, which is the first time Labour has raised more than the Tories since…

Evening Standard

RCN accuse government of ‘belligerence’ as talks to avert strike action fail; Wales strikes to go ahead – as it happened

Royal College of Nursing says Steve Barclay refused to discuss pay at meeting on Monday; Welsh nurses to strike after last-minute talks fail

The Guardian - UK

Cobra meeting to discuss plans for military staff to cover striking workers

Labour and former army head warn repeated use of armed forces may lead to burnout and soldiers quitting

The Guardian - UK

NHS paying up to £5,200 a shift for agency doctors, Labour research shows

Party criticises significant rise in use of temporary staff while places at medical school have been cut

The Guardian - UK

Public braced for walkouts as ministers accused of ‘dangerous’ attitude to strikes

Government rejects pay talks with nurses despite warning patients face ‘significant’ risks

The Independent UK

NHS patients could be treated at private hospitals to ease backlogs as nurses strike

The Royal College of Nursing will stage its first-ever national walkout on December 15 and 20 from 8am to 8pm - and some NHS patients may get treatment at private health providers

Daily Mirror

Wes Streeting claims BMA ‘hostile’ towards Labour’s NHS plans

Doctors’ union criticises shadow health secretary for ‘incredibly disappointing’ comments over funding and primary care

The Guardian - UK

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Daily Mirror

Tory refusal to discuss pay a 'complete joke' - despite union offer to pause strike

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was 'spoiling for a fight' and claimed it was cynically planning to shift responsibility for 'an NHS crisis which is squarely their fault'

The National (Scotland)

Senior Labour frontbencher launches attack on health union

THE British Medical Association (BMA) has criticised the “disappointing” comments from Labour’s shadow health secretary after he launched an…

The Independent UK

Doctors ‘incredibly disappointed’ after Streeting takes aim at ‘hostile’ BMA

The shadow health secretary said that Labour will not have a ‘something-for-nothing culture in the NHS’.

Evening Standard

NHS chief warns nurse strike could make waiting times longer

Up to 100,000 Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members will strike on Thursday for the first time in the union’s 126-year history

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The Independent UK

Wes Streeting hits out at BMA as he pledges to take on ‘vested interests’

The Labour MP hit out at the BMA trade union, which represents doctors and medical students.

Daily Mirror

NHS bosses spend £1bn a year to hire agency doctors - enough to pay 30,000 junior medics

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting uncovered the figures and said Labour will train 7,500 more doctors and 10,000 more nurses a year, paid for by abolishing the non-dom tax status

The Guardian - UK

I don’t want working class people in pain: so I’d use private hospitals to bolster the NHS

I refuse to see people abandoned while those who can pay are treated faster, says shadow health secretary Wes Streeting

The Independent UK

‘My door is open’, Health Secretary tells striking nurses

Steve Barclay made the claim as he faced suggestions from Labour he was “using nurses as a scapegoat to avoid blame” for the difficult winter ahead.

Chronicle Live

Millions missing out on GP appointments and vital diagnosis of medical conditions, Labour fears

Labour's shadow health secretary said he is "really worried" that as well as patients missing out on GP appointments they could be living with undiagnosed conditions until it is "too late"

The Independent UK

‘Millions missing out on GP appointments’ – Labour

The party has raised concerns over patients who are not able to see a GP with serious undiagnosed medical conditions.

Daily Mirror

Britain backs the nurses as poll shows 54% support strike action over pay

A survey conducted for the Mirror by Redfield and Wilton found 54% support nurses striking over their demand for an above inflation pay rise, with only 23% against

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