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First-year doctors vote in favour of strike action in dispute over jobs

The British Medical Association (BMA) suggested ongoing talks with the Government now needed to include settlement on jobs.

Evening Standard

GP practices across England now have to offer online booking

The British Medical Association has opposed the plans and is considering industrial action

The Independent UK

Work with us or face Farage, Streeting tells BMA

It comes amid rising tensions over a plan for online access in GP surgeries.

Evening Standard

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GPs in England threaten action over online appointment booking plan

Doctors’ union says GPs will be overwhelmed by ‘triage tsunami’ and gives ministers 48 hours to take measures

The Guardian - UK

Streeting warns BMA: ‘NHS is hanging by a thread, don’t pull it’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting warned the doctors’ union they risked helping Nigel Farage take the keys to No 10.

Evening Standard

GPs consider taking action over online access plans

The British Medical Association has given Health Secretary Wes Streeting 48 hours to act and avoid a dispute with GPs in England.

Evening Standard

GPs threaten action over online appointment booking changes

The British Medical Association gave Health Secretary Wes Streeting 48 hours to act and avoid a dispute

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BMA gives Streeting 48 hours to avoid GP dispute over online access plans

The union claims the changes would lead to ‘hospital-style waiting lists in general practice’ and slash the number of face-to-face appointments.

Evening Standard

Queensland coalmines marked for closure ‘uneconomic’, analysis shows, despite sector blaming royalties scheme

Findings show ‘zombie mines’ often restarted during coal price spikes and mothballed as prices return to normal levels

The Guardian - AU

Queensland deputy premier labels BHP ‘unAustralian’ as mining giant blames job cuts on coal royalties scheme

Jarrod Bleijie defends levy as BHP Mitsubishi Alliance moves to mothball Saraji South mine and slash 750 jobs

The Guardian - AU

NHS will die under Reform unless doctors stop striking and work with Labour, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary calls on doctors to embrace Labour’s plan to prevent Nigel Farage getting into power and dismantling the health service

The Guardian - UK

‘Friends, not foes’ needed to help fix broken NHS, Streeting tells BMA

The Health Secretary was speaking at a special meeting of the organisation.

Evening Standard

Doctors’ union issues strike warning to government

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The Independent UK

Senior doctors in England willing to strike, BMA says

According to the BMA, this year’s 4% pay uplift still represents a 26% real-terms pay cut for consultants compared to 2008/09.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Senior doctors prepared to strike amid fresh government talks

Consultants in England were involved in strikes between July and October 2023

The Independent UK

Health Secretary says high caffeine energy drinks same as ‘necking four cans of Coke’

Labour has launched 12-week consultation before high caffeine drinks are banned

The National (Scotland)

Scotland sees 'welcome' increase in GPs for first time since 2019

The number of GPs working in Scotland has increased for the first time in several years ...

Evening Standard

NHS waiting list up but number of patients facing longest waits falls

The figures come as Health Secretary Wes Streeting continues talks with the British Medical Association to prevent further resident doctor strikes.

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The Independent UK

Struggling doctors trapped in a ‘cycle of debt’ are driving Ubers

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The Independent UK

Newly qualified doctors work part-time jobs to make ends meet

The £3,674 drop in funding, on average, has led some doctors to get additional part-time jobs in order to survive

The Independent UK

Hundreds of asylum seekers arrested in nationwide crackdown on illegal working

Almost a third of those arrested have been detained pending removal from the country

Evening Standard

Newly qualified doctors face ‘recurring cycle of debt’, BMA warns

Students from poorer backgrounds are hit hardest, the union claims.

The Independent UK

Warning of NHS staffing crisis as fifth of doctors tempted to move abroad

General Medical Council warns of ‘ongoing risks to retention of doctors’ in latest report

The Independent UK

Resident doctors to restart talks over pay dispute

Early analysis by NHS England claimed less than a third of resident doctors joined strike action last week

Evening Standard

Resident doctors agree ‘window for negotiations’ with Streeting

It follows a five-day strike, which took place from July 25-30.

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