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Sir Keir Starmer backs plan to make GPs NHS employees and slash ‘bureaucratic nonsense’

Plans include bringing GPs back under the direct employ of the National Health Service rather than running their own practices under contract

Wales Online

Starmer backs plan to make GPs NHS employees and slash ‘bureaucratic nonsense’

The Labour leader said that without reform, the NHS ‘will die’.

The Independent UK

NHS doctors' mental health meltdowns as stressed A&E staff suffer panic attacks on shift

A Sunday People investigation uncovers the shocking toll on hospital doctors, with half of NHS medics suffering mental health problems in the past year as they struggle with understaffing

Daily Mirror

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Ambulance performance worst on record with some people waiting hours

One in 10 people waited at least three hours, 41 minutes and 48 seconds for a response to a category two call.

The Independent UK

More NHS staff to strike as Rishi Sunak confirms use of private healthcare – as it happened

Latest updates: physiotherapists the latest group to announce industrial action as PM says he is now registered with an NHS GP

The Guardian - UK

‘Come clean’: Labour activists urge party MPs to return donations from mystery firm

Exclusive: Momentum calls on three senior MPs to hand back money – and demands Keir Starmer commits to anti-sleaze measures

The Independent UK

Finally, some sense on the NHS: Wes Streeting recognises more money is not the only answer

The shadow health secretary wants to reform GPs and give patients more control. It would be a welcome, practical step, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Labour MPs defend accepting tens of thousands from little-known company

Wes Streeting, Dan Jarvis and Yvette Cooper received donations from MPM Connect, which has no obvious line of business

The Guardian - UK

Tories to move 3,000 NHS patients to care homes as service cripples under pressure

Health Secretary Steve Barclay admits that he 'regretted' patients' experiences, blaming a surge of flu across English hospitals while planning to discharge thousands in the coming weeks.

Chronicle Live

Government accused of insulting workers as ministers hold talks with health, education and rail unions – as it happened

Nurses’ and ambulance strikes to go ahead after latest round of talks failed to make substantial progress

The Guardian - UK

Health Secretary admits emergency care has ‘not been acceptable’ in recent weeks

Steve Barclay told the Commons: “I and the Government regret the experience for some patients and staff.”

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak ‘considers one-off payment for NHS staff to end strikes’

PM declines to rule out one-off hardship payment, as health secretary meets union bosses

The Independent UK

Cigarette sales could be banned under Labour

Smoking costs the health service billions every year and a New Zealand-style gradual ban could be explored, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said

Wales Online

Legal age to buy cigarettes could rise by one year every year under Labour

Everyone in England would eventually be banned from buying cigarettes under the plan, which was presented to Tory ministers last year - and will be looked at by Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting

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PM warned 'emergency' NHS meeting won't ease pressure after 'years of inaction'

The Prime Minister is holding rare weekend talks with health leaders - after senior medics said the health service was on a knife edge with many A&E units struggling to keep up with demand and trusts and ambulance services declaring critical incidents

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak holds emergency talks in bid to ease winter NHS crisis

PM meets health experts including Professor Sir Chris Whitty

The Independent UK

Labour hints it would prevent GPs operating as ‘murky’ private businesses

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting also said he would stop GPs being ‘the sole gatekeeper’ to the NHS.

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘would tear up contract with GPs’ and make them salaried NHS staff

Planned overhaul for GP surgeries puts party on collision course with British Medical Association

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Manchester Evening News

Prime Minister to hold emergency No 10 talks as winter care crisis rages on

But senior doctors say the rare meeting is unlikely to reverse the NHS' fortunes, blaming the crisis on 'years of inaction'

Wales Online

Rishi Sunak to hold emergency No 10 talks in bid to ease NHS winter care crisis

But Mr Sunak has been warned that the rare weekend meeting is unlikely to reverse the NHS’ fortunes, which have been blamed on 'years of inaction'

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak's bid to summon health leaders on NHS crisis is 'too little, too late'

The Prime Minister will stage an 'NHS Recovery Forum' with health leaders and experts - but critics slammed the move saying 'patients deserve more than a talking shop'

The Independent UK

PM to host NHS Recovery Forum with health and care experts in Downing Street

The forum will focus on four areas: social care and delayed discharge; urgent and emergency care; elective care; and primary care.

Evening Standard

Senior Labour MPs at odds over private sector use in NHS

Shadow health minister Rosena Allin-Kahn, who also works as an A&E doctor, calls for more NHS staff

Evening Standard

Crisis-hit NHS ‘can’t keep up’ with too few staff to treat patients safely, warn senior MPs

Demand for healthcare has gone ‘through the roof,’ warns Tory health committee chair Steve Brine

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: The kebabathon to end them all

PLUS: Flu on the rise and the return of facemasks AND strike action ‘to the bitter end’

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