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A strike by resident doctors “enormously undermines the entire trade union movement”, Wes Streeting has argued, urging them not to join industrial action on Friday morning.In…

Over the past 15 years, NHS staff have had a torrid time: they have been overstretched, buffeted by constant chaos and a chronic lack of investment.…

Resident doctors in England are set to go on strike on Friday demanding a 29% pay rise that they say would restore salaries that have been…

Doctors and medical staff in Gaza say their increasing hunger and the lack of available food is beginning to leave them too weak to provide urgent…

Wes Streeting has condemned the decision by resident doctors to “recklessly and needlessly” press ahead with strike action, saying it is “completely unprecedented in the history…

The British Medical Association (BMA) has said the NHS plan for dealing with forthcoming resident doctors’ strikes will put patient safety at risk.Up to 50,000 resident…

The health secretary, Wes Streeting, is hoping that a “constructive” meeting with leaders of the British Medical Association last week will avert five days of planned…

I agree with Wes Streeting that the forthcoming five-day strike by resident doctors in England is “completely unreasonable” (Resident doctors accused of ‘greedy’ pay demands before…

Hopes are rising that next week’s strike by resident doctors in England will be called off after their leaders had a “constructive” meeting with the health…

Doctors could have some of their student loan debts written off as part of a package of measures being examined by Wes Streeting that may help…