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UNCOVERED: 4 | History Defined

When are resident doctors due to go on strike in England?

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The Independent UK

Half of Britons avoid calling GP when they are ill, survey finds

Most believe they will struggle to get an appointment, with over a quarter choosing to manage ailment themselves

The Guardian - UK

GPs write to England’s chief medical officer over flu jab cost

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The Independent UK

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Some GPs threaten to stop offering flu jabs next winter

The British Medical Association warned that most flu jabs for next winter will need to be ordered soon

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting to offer resident doctors bigger pay rise to end dispute

Health secretary to increase pay offer and guarantee working conditions for resident doctors only

The Guardian - UK

Resident doctors in England vote to continue industrial action for another six months

British Medical Association members back further action as union’s chair says ‘a deal is there to be done’

The Guardian - UK

Doctors vote in favour of continuing industrial action

The union urged the Government to act to prevent further strikes.

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Striking NHS doctors vote to continue action for another six months amid ongoing pay row

93 per cent of doctors voted to continue industrial action amid an ongoing row over pay and jobs

The Independent UK

British medics could ‘turn their backs on NHS’ if not prioritised for training places

Wes Streeting said the NHS needs to ‘break our over-reliance on international recruitment’

The Independent UK

NHS staff face ‘national emergency’ as patient violence hits 285 incidents a day

Nearly 300,000 violent and sexual assaults recorded by NHS trusts in England over three years, Guardian analysis shows

The Guardian - UK

NHS went ahead with 95 per cent of hospital appointments during doctors’ strike

An average of 19,120 resident doctors were on strike each day over five days in December

The Independent UK

NHS Online to offer video appointments for nine common conditions

NHS Online will initially provide support for conditions, including endometriosis, when it launches next year

The Independent UK

Streeting says he wants to avoid strikes next year as doctors return to work

It comes as the British Medical Association said it is ‘keen to engage’ with the Health Secretary, but called for ‘less name-calling’ in 2026.

Evening Standard

Resident doctors say they will resume talks to avoid further strikes with ‘can-do spirit’

BMA calls on Wes Streeting to be equally positive and says 11th-hour talks before five-day stoppage came too late but were encouraging

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The Independent UK

Doctors tell Wes Streeting there must be ‘less name-calling and more deal-making’ to avoid strikes in 2026

Health secretary has called resident doctors’ union the British Medical Association (BMA) ‘self-indulgent’

Evening Standard

Doctors return to work as hospitals work to recover from strike disruption

Health experts have warned that the impact of the strike will be felt into the new year ‘and beyond’.

The Independent UK

There is still work to do to fix the NHS

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: For all the signs that the government is having a positive effect on the NHS, the British Medical Association is proving a considerable thorn in its side

The Independent UK

Streeting ‘worried’ about NHS recovery after resident doctors’ strike

Resident doctors went on strike on Wednesday after members of the BMA rejected a fresh offer from the government

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Evening Standard

Fact check: Resident doctors’ pay and AI-generated soldier video

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Doctor strikes particularly challenging in London, says Wes Streeting as city faces flu crisis

Wes Streeting said he recognised the ‘pain’ resident doctors had felt ‘in their pockets’

Evening Standard

Streeting ‘wants to end dispute with resident doctors’ with talks in new year

Resident doctors in England have entered the second day of strike action due to a bitter dispute with the Government over jobs and pay.

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: How pay erosion and job shortages pushed doctors to strike again amid winter flu surge

In today’s newsletter: The government’s clash with resident doctors has hardened into one of the most bitter public-sector disputes since austerity began

The Guardian - UK

Will resident doctors lose support over latest strike?

Letters: Karen Ford says strike action is set to continue because of political posturing, while an NHS consultant worries about the deteriorating relationship among colleagues. Plus letters from John Sowerby, Dr Mussaddaq Iqbal, Gill Kelly and a final-year medical student

The Independent UK

Public patience with the striking doctors is running out

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: This latest five-day walkout, over yet another double-digit pay demand, coincides with a flu epidemic and adds to already unbearable pressure on the NHS. The BMA is now pushing its luck – which will only help health secretary Wes Streeting to prevail

The Independent UK

Resident doctors say ‘the system is breaking’ as they begin five-day strike over jobs and pay row

Wes Streeting warned patients will face disruption but doctors said they had to take a stand

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