Tag: Junior Doctors Strike
4 months ago
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NHS England waiting list falls to 7.6 million - but what is the full story?

Trusts in England remain under intense pressure as the cold snap intensifies and the fallout from the junior doctors ...

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4 months ago
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1 in 9 people are now on waiting lists for NHS treatment in England

The data for the end of November is expected to rise yet again in the coming months when the impact of the latest jun...

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4 months ago
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NHS backlog set to soar after 113,000 appointments axed during strike

The cost of 144-hour walkout to trusts laid is bare by NHS England with officials saying hospitals will take weeks to...

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4 months ago
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Parents' anger as children's operations cancelled during NHS strike

On the last full day of their 144-hour walkout, medics in England have said they will not call more strikes 'unless w...

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4 months ago
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Flu and Covid patient surge continues as seasonal viruses squeeze hospitals

The number of patients in hospitals with Covid is up 72% in a month, while those with flu needing treatment rising fi...

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4 months ago
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Sunak backs NHS leaders recalling striking doctors amid patient safety fears

More than 20 hospitals plead for striking junior doctors to return to work amid patient safety fears - but the BMA re...

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4 months ago
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16-hour A&E waits as physician associates called in to replace striking doctors

Hospitals turn to less qualified staff as a senior NHS figure says the loss of 'one or two consultants' would put eme...

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4 months ago
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NHS braces for mass cancellations of operations and appointments during strike

Routine care - including hip replacements and some cancer operations - is expected to come to a near standstill durin...

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5 months ago
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Cancer patients hit as one in three operations cancelled during NHS strikes

A six-day strike by junior doctors from 3 January will pile the pressure on the NHS, with trusts warning one in three...

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5 months ago
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Flu hospitalisations double in two weeks as staff contend with impact of strikes

There were more than 940 patients with flu in hospital each day last week

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5 months ago
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'Bigger and longer' NHS strikes in 2024 will leave patients at risk of harm

Doctors and nurses are expected to combine walkouts, and unions have said they are prepared to keep action going unti...

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6 months ago
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NHS hospital bosses braced for 'worst ever winter' due to staff burnout and funding squeeze

Eight in 10 trust leaders say this winter will be tougher than last year's following a year of turmoil within the NHS

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7 months ago
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NHS waiting list in England rises to a new record of 7.75m people

Senior medic warns patient experience will be "appalling" over winter unless industrial action ends as number of thos...

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8 months ago
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Cancer, heart patients and urgent C-sections are being delayed by strikes, NHS warns

NHS England leaders said the joint walkout of both junior doctors and consultants has caused 'significant disruption ...

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8 months ago
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NHS staff plead for patients to be collected as hospitals fill up during strikes

Hospitals are also offering 'fast access one-off grants' for people if they can support someone in the patient's home...

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8 months ago
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Thousands of cancer patients hit by NHS strikes as medics warn walkouts could run into winter

Appointments for CT scans, MRIs and X-rays will be postponed as radiographers join junior doctors and consultants on ...

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8 months ago
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Doctors’ strikes to cancel care for seriously ill and see volunteers deployed to keep A&E calm

NHS Providers said the unprecedented industrial action is likely to cause the worst patient disruption hospitals have...

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8 months ago
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NHS waiting list rises by 100k in a month to a record 7.7 million people in England

Latest NHS England performance data comes as the Government announced an extra £200m of funding "to boost NHS resilie...

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9 months ago
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This is when consultants and junior doctors will have joint strikes in September and October

Consultants had already announced plans to walk out for 48 hours from 19 September, and will be joined by their junio...

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9 months ago
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How much doctors are paid and what the Government has offered striking medics, explained

The British Medical Association says real terms pay for junior doctors has fallen by more than 26% since 2008 and is ...

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9 months ago
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One million NHS procedures risk being postponed due to strikes, health leader warns

Sir Julian Hartley, chief executive of NHS Providers, said months of industrial action have cost the health service a...

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9 months ago
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As waiting lists soar Rishi Sunak's only hope to meet NHS pledge is a pay deal with doctors

It took the PM's intervention to break the deadlock with nurses and ambulance workers. If he wants to rescue the NHS ...

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9 months ago
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Cardiac waiting lists reach record high as NHS staff work 'flat out' to tackle backlog

The British Heart Foundation called for decisive action to address the 'cardiovascular crisis' by ensuring there will...

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9 months ago
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NHS trusts urge people to 'use services wisely' as junior doctors strike for 5th time

Junior doctors are staging their fifth strike, meaning services have seen more than 450 hours without a third of the ...

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10 months ago
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NHS waiting list likely to pass 9 million unless strikes end 'immediately', senior medic warns

Trusts are on the verge of drawing up major incident plans due to rising waiting lists which the Prime Minister has b...

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10 months ago
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NHS strikes leave 'terrifying' winter ahead with service facing worst crisis yet, senior medics

Trust leaders fear further strike action combined with growing waiting lists and a flu spike will leave hospitals str...

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10 months ago
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'I've been in pain so long': Patients' frustration grows as NHS strikes cancel more operations

Junior doctors vow to carry on striking calling Rishi Sunak's 'final' 6 per cent offer a real terms pay cut and less ...

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10 months ago
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NHS salary scale explained and why junior doctors are striking

The British Medical Association, which represents around 45,000 junior doctors in England, argue that their pay has f...

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10 months ago
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NHS waiting lists in England hit record 7.47 million

Tim Mitchell, vice-president and president-elect of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said the climb in waiti...

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10 months ago
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Full list of junior doctors' strikes and what they mean for NHS care

Around 200,000 appointments are expected to be postponed over the next five days as tens of thousands of British Medi...

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10 months ago
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NHS chiefs warn hospitals already 'stretched to limit' as five-day junior doctor strike begins

Industrial action in April cost hospitals around £100m alone, bosses say, with tens of thousands of staff walking out...

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11 months ago
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NHS is in 'spiral of decline' as health service reaches 75, say senior medics

Despite having a new long-term workforce plan, urgent solutions are needed to give the millions of patients facing lo...

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11 months ago
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NHS 'collapsing' with dying patients forced to sleep in corridors and chairs, BMA chair warns

Dr Phil Banfield told the BMA's annual representative meeting in Liverpool that almost every metric measuring the hea...

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about 1 year ago
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Hundreds more of us will quit if junior doctors' strikes continue, GPs warn

Waiting list of 7.2 million people in England set to grow even further following months of industrial action with GPs...

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about 1 year ago
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BMA accuses Somerset hospital of misleading union and revokes permission for medics to work

Union accuses Weston General of misleading it and NHS England over staffing numbers after granting the hospital an ex...

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about 1 year ago
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Junior doctors' union and Government seem further apart than ever on strikes

Hospital bosses and NHS leaders are deeply concerned as junior doctors' 72-hour strike begins from Tuesday morning

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about 1 year ago
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GPs, pharmacists and matrons drafted in to prevent junior doctors strike chaos in hospitals

The 96-hour strike without emergency cover will cause 'unparalleled levels of disruption' with around 250,000 appoint...

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about 1 year ago
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Junior doctors may strike for a week in May as further action 'inevitable' after Easter walkout

One senior consultant said escalating action would be "the only option open" if the Government and British Medical As...

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about 1 year ago
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Senior medics warn that patients face 10 days of chaos from junior doctors' strike

The former president of the Society for Acute Medicine said hospitals face a "really challenging" 10 consecutive days...

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