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Nurses set to go on strike on two more days next month

Next round of industrial action will follow two scheduled strike days later this week

Liverpool Echo

Nurses in England plan third wave of strikes next month over pay

Tens of thousands of nurses in England will strike in February for the third time in as many months, adding further pressure on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over crippling disruption to key services caused by industrial action.

Reuters

’I think motherhood puts a bomb under who you are and your relationships' says writer of new ITV drama series Maternal

The six-part medical drama is set in Manchester and was filmed in St Helens and Liverpool

Manchester Evening News

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Why the Welsh Ambulance Service is on its knees from those at the very sharp end

'The answer here is not more ambulances'

Wales Online

Man waits eight years for mental health therapy as services hit by demand

Myles Cook, suffers from severe depression which is worsened by his ‘horrific’ living situation

The Independent UK

Don’t panic when Starmer refers to NHS ‘reform’. He is thwarting Tory moves to destroy it

For too long, reform has been a ministerial code word for ‘dismantling’. Labour’s approach will be refreshingly different, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

NHS chiefs could send staff to care homes to solve Liverpool hospital beds crisis

Almost 400 patients remain in beds despite being fit to leave hospitals

Liverpool Echo

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Try our NHS tracker to see how long delays are at YOUR local hospital

Just enter your postcode and local trust into the widget to see how long you might have to wait in A&E - and how quickly an ambulance could get to you

Daily Mirror

Nicola Sturgeon calls for ‘compromise on both sides’ to end pay dispute with teachers

Teaching unions Scotland began a rolling 16-day programme of strike action on Monday in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

Daily Record

ITV Maternal: Cast, plot, locations and how to watch

The new ITV drama is set in a post-pandemic world and tells the story of three female doctors

Wales Online

North Shields flat fire treated as suspected arson with three people seriously injured

Neighbours spoke of 'panic' and the shock as they saw flames and smoke billowing from a property in North Shields in the early hours

Chronicle Live

Over 1,450 London hospital beds occupied by patients fit to be discharged

Lack of capacity leading to gridlock in A&E, health leaders warn

Evening Standard

BBC Scotland’s Debate Night looking for Glaswegians for NHS episode

BBC Scotland's Debate Night are looking for their next audience. So if you have an opinion, you may want to have your say on the important issues with a health special taking place in Glasgow.

Glasgow Live

Sturgeon calls for ‘compromise on both sides’ to end teachers’ pay dispute

The First Minister spoke out as a fresh wave of industrial action in Scotland’s schools got underway.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Bring back cottage hospitals to free capacity in NHS, says senior health leader

Cottage hospitals were a small type of hospital first developed in the UK in the mid-1800s

The National (Scotland)

Hospitals told to review discharge plans as NHS comes under ‘severe’ pressure

The First Minister said that NHS boards have until the end of this month to review their discharge plans.

Evening Standard

Campaigners lose High Court battle over NHS gender dysphoria treatment delays

Mr Justice Chamberlain rejected the claim from four people, along with charity Gendered Intelligence and legal campaign group The Good Law Project

Chronicle Live

Blue Light Card: What it is, who can apply and what does it get you?

As a thank you for their hard work, emergency service workers and NHS staff are among those entitled to discounts and offers

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Daily Mirror

This Morning fans despair at 'patronising' DIY healthcare segment amid NHS crisis

This Morning viewers at home seemed largely disturbed by the segment, with several labelling it ‘patronising’ as well as an indicator of ‘worrying times’ in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting’s plan to turn GPs into salaried NHS staff is misguided

Letters: Salaried GP Joe McFarlane says the Labour proposal is shortsighted and raises several big questions, but Dr Jeremy Bending thinks it would improve quality of care

The Guardian - UK

If patients could bypass GPs to see specialists, the NHS would grind to a halt

Letter: NHS psychiatrist Dr Melanie Knowles agrees that the current system is flawed, but says the answer is not to dispense with referrals from GPs, who are experts in diagnosis and triage

Evening Standard

If we banned smoking, could we really call ourselves a free society?

Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, says a future Labour government will consider measures to incrementally ban smoking. Labour is watching New Zealand, which legislated to criminalise every potential smoker born after 2009. That generation will never legally smoke.

Chronicle Live

These companies, including Asda and Jet2Holidays, will give discounts to NHS workers with Blue Light Card offers

Everybody likes to save a bit of money where they can, and thanks to the Blue Light Card, emergency service workers can save some money on holidays, entertainment, groceries and clothes

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon responds as elective surgeries are cancelled in Ayrshire

The First Minister laid out a plan to tackle the backlog of elective procedures.

Wales Online

The Tories clapped, but now they’ll sack our key workers | Jo Stevens MP

'Let’s call this Bill out for what it is, a fundamental attack on the right to withdraw your labour and a deliberate strategy to bankrupt trade unions representing key workers'

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