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Consultants in England narrowly reject government pay offer
Consultants in England have narrowly rejected an offer aimed at resolving their long running pay dispute.
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Humza Yousaf apologises for Scottish government’s failures to hand over Whatsapp messages to UK Covid Inquiry
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has apologised for the Scottish government’s failures to hand over whatsapp messages to the UK Covid inquiry, saying there was “no excuse”.
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Health service facing ‘perfect storm’ says chair of Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Earlier we spoke to the Conservative MP Robert Buckland, who’s chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
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Inside a Northern Ireland health and social care system in crisis
It’s not just waiting times at A&E: Northern Ireland’s entire health and social care system is in crisis – from general practices facing closure, to cancer diagnosis delays. It’s been almost two years since Northern Ireland’s devolved government collapsed – and healthcare professionals warn that things will only get worse, if the political deadlock isn’t…
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How bad is the situation in Northern Ireland’s A and E departments?
Exclusive analysis by Channel 4 News’ FactCheck team shows just how bad things are getting in Northern Ireland’s A&E departments. The number of patients now waiting more than 12 hours in A&E is 36 times higher than it was in 2009.
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The UK is getting poorer and sicker, exclusive report reveals
The UK is getting poorer and sicker.
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‘Strike action is the only language the government seems to understand’, BMA Junior Doctors Committee co-chair
We’re joined by the co-chair of the BMA’s junior doctors committee, Dr Vivek Trivedi.
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NHS strikes: Services under pressure as junior doctors begin longest ever strike action
The British Medical Association has tonight accused NHS managers of failing to plan properly and protect patients during its members’ six day walkout – saying the scheme used to call doctors off the picket line and into work if there’s an emergency is at risk of collapse. Tens of thousands of junior doctors in England…
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Junior doctors strike: ‘We wanted to wrap this dispute up nice and quickly’, says co-chair of BMA junior doctors committee
We spoke to Dr Robert Laurenson, the Co-chair of the BMA junior doctors’ committee. Cathy started by asking him if he takes some responsibility for the suffering of patients over Christmas.
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Junior doctors strike: ‘Patients risk being stuck in hospital at Christmas unnecessarily’, say charities
Patients risk being stuck in hospital over Christmas unnecessarily because of the latest junior doctors strike. That’s the warning from a group of organisations including Age UK and the Patients Association, in a joint letter outlining their fears about the impact of the 72-hour action that began at 7 this morning. The Health Secretary has…
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Drugs UK: Cities taking radical approach to addiction and recovery
Middlesbrough is the UK’s first member of the Inclusive Recovery Cities programme
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Pandemic PPE profits: Baroness Mone “can’t see what we’ve done wrong”
The former Conservative peer Michele Mone has admitted she lied about her links to a firm which was awarded hundreds of millions of pounds in contracts to supply the Government with PPE during the pandemic. Baroness Mone admitted making an “error” by denying her ties to PPE Medpro, which was owned by a consortium led…
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‘The winter will be tough’ for the NHS despite ‘marginal’ improvements’ in waiting lists, says NHS Confederation chief exec
We’re joined by Matthew Taylor who’s Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation – a membership organisation which brings together, supports and speaks for the whole healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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How ready is the NHS to cope with upcoming winter pressures?
The UK health security agency is urging eligible people to get the flu jab after the number of cases doubled over the last week.
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UK Covid-19 Inquiry: ‘How many deaths could have been averted?’ asks Professor Devi Sridhar
We speak to professor Devi Sridhar, who is Chair of Global Public Health at Edinburgh University, and was a member of the COVID advisory group to the Scottish government during the pandemic.