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Britain’s health workers stage biggest-ever walkout as pay negotiations hit stalemate

Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers joined Britain’s largest-ever health sector strike on Monday – the latest walkout to cause disruption at the National Health Service. Public support for striking staff remains high, but negotiations with the government over pay increases have reached a stalemate.

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Workers stage largest strike in history of Britain's health service

Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance service staff walked off the job on Monday in a pay dispute, putting further strain on Britain's state-run National Health Service with their largest ever strike.

Reuters

Brickbat: Supply and Demand

Even as the National Health Service struggles with a shortage of doctors, the British government has ordered medical schools to hold to a previously announced cap and admit no more than 7,500 medical students this year. The cap was put in place to limit the cost of educating medical students.…

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Nurses and ambulance workers continue strikes in England and Wales

Future strikes are planned for February and March as unions urged ministers to negotiate on pay.

The Independent UK

Why Britain's Prime Minister Prefers To See a Private Doctor

The outrage over Rishi Sunak's health care choices reveals the dire state of the National Health Service.

Reason

Sunak tells health leaders a bold approach will fix NHS

LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told a gathering of health and social-care leaders that a “bold and radical approach” is needed to end the crisis at the country’s National Health Service.

Tribune News Service

Our hospitals have become war zones and the government has no plan

Accounts and images from crisis-hit hospitals are everywhere - but those in power have no plan to stop the suffering, writes Liam Thorp

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Britain’s health workers announce more strikes for 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is ‘sad’ and ‘disappointed’ about widespread strikes but refuses to negotiate.

Al Jazeera

Centene, under siege in America, moved into Britain’s National Health Service

LONDON — In the final days of 2020, the U.S. health insurer Centene made a swift incursion into Britain’s prized National Health Service, one of the world’s largest employers.

Tribune News Service

Terrifying reality facing paramedics on the frontline of NHS crisis

Ambulance workers explained the horrific conditions that have led them to take strike action

Liverpool Echo

I’m a former Tory minister and a doctor – and I say give striking nurses a better pay deal

NHS workers in Scotland have been offered close to 8%. Surely their colleagues in England deserve as much, says Dan Poulter, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich and a former health minister

The Guardian - UK

Nurses want a pay rise – and the NHS needs more nurses

No one has to work for the National Health Service. Many do because they enjoy the job or want to help others. On my best day, I might insert a nifty pun into a leader article or newsletter. A nurse will help save a life. But people still have to…

Evening Standard

'What a tragic day': British nurses strike in bitter pay dispute

National Health Service nurses in Britain staged a strike on Thursday, their first ever national walkout, as a bitter dispute with the government over pay ramps up pressure on already-stretched hospitals at one of the busiest times of year.

Reuters

Nicola Sturgeon slams Tories over claims she 'attacked' NHS in other parts of UK

NICOLA Sturgeon has hit back at Douglas Ross after he claimed she spent more time “attacking” the NHS in other parts of UK rather than focusing…

The National (Scotland)

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UK government could bring in military to ease strikes, Conservative chairman says

Britain's government is looking at bringing in the military to help keep public services running if key workers, including in the state-run National Health Service, take strike action, the chairman of the governing Conservative Party said on Sunday.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon calls out Douglas Ross over voting record in row over NHS

The First Minister took aim at the Scottish Conservative Party leader over his voting record as MP for Moray.

The Independent UK

NHS bosses do not make Government policy – Sturgeon

It comes after health leaders were understood to have discussion the creation of ‘two-tier’ NHS.

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon rubbishes 'bold' Tory claim NHS at risk under SNP

NICOLA Sturgeon rubbished Douglas Ross’s “bold” claim that the NHS in Scotland is under threat from privatisation by the SNP

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The National (Scotland)

NHS founding principles 'not up for discussion', says Nicola Sturgeon

SCOTLAND’S First Minister has said the principle of the NHS being free for all is “not up for discussion” amid a report which said NHS leaders…

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon: NHS founding principles ‘not up for discussion’

The minutes of a meeting leaked to the BBC showed discussions over a ‘two-tier’ health system system.

The National (Scotland)

Calls to sack Yousaf over nurse strikes are 'political games', says Nicola Sturgeon

OPPOSITION parties are playing "political" games with their calls to sack Scotland's Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Reuters

UK healthcare workers and teachers to vote on strikes

More than half a million healthcare workers and teachers in Britain will be given a vote on strike action over pay, unions said on Thursday, adding to the challenges facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he tries to get to grips with an economic crisis.

WEKU

A blood shortage in the U.K. may cause some surgeries to be delayed

Part of the reason for the shortage is that there are fewer donors visiting blood collection centers in cities and towns in the aftermath of the pandemic, the National Health Service said.

The National (Scotland)

Douglas Ross accuses FM of trying to score 'political points' amid clash over A&E waiting times

While Ross focused his questioning on A&E waiting times, Anas Sarwar raised the cases of two patients who were left waiting for months for…

Liverpool Echo

Battered and bruised, Merseyside can't pay the price of more Tory chaos

With communities and public services at breaking point already, what this desperate government is planning is unthinkable, writes Liam Thorp

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