HISTORICAL FACTS: 17 - The Untold Story

Senior medics in England say more resident doctor strikes would be futile

Exclusive: Letter from six top figures says more walkouts by junior colleagues would help those who oppose the NHS

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025

Striking junior doctors no longer have public’s backing, Wes Streeting says

The health secretary’s intervention marks a drastic shift in tone after he brought months of strike action to an end last year by handing doctors a 22 per cent pay rise within weeks of entering office

The Independent UK · May 29, 2025

Health secretary urges no strikes as ballot of junior doctors begins

Patients Association fears winter of delays as Wes Streeting calls for no vote from resident doctors in England who argue pay has fallen 23% in real terms since 2008

The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2025

Doctors threaten strike action after 4% pay rise announcement

The British Medical Association, the union representing doctors, has said the pay rise does not go far enough in restoring historical pay freezes.

The Independent UK · May 22, 2025

GP jobs ‘crisis’ leaves qualified doctors considering unemployment benefits

Leading doctors have called for special funding to enable more GPs to be employed in England.

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

Search for bodies ends at Bangkok collapse site

Efforts to recover the bodies of those lost in the collapse of the State Audit Office building in Bangkok, triggered by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, have ended, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced on Saturday.

Bangkok Post · May 12, 2025

Doctor ballot for strike action is ‘premature’ and ‘unnecessary’, says Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said doctors have now got a Government that is sympathetic to the pressures they are facing.

Evening Standard · May 6, 2025

Resident doctors in England to be balloted on strike action over pay

The ballot will open on May 27 and closes on July 7.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Doctors slam Supreme Court ruling as 'reductive' and 'scientifically illiterate'

Doctors at the British Medical Association (BMA) have branded the Supreme Court's gender ruling as "scientifically illiterate" ...

The National (Scotland) · Apr 29, 2025

Doctors weigh in on Supreme Court’s trans women ruling

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The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025