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• Ambulance strike: NHS leaders urge public to avoid risky activity

  20-12-2022 21:04
  Bodies representing NHS care in England also call for Rishi Sunak intervention but PM refuses to budge on payNHS leaders have urged the public to avoid risky activity on Wednesday for fear they may be left helpless and unable to reach A&E during the ambulance strike.The industrial action by staff across England and Wales comes as the ongoing pay dispute between ministers and NHS workers looks poised to descend into an increasingly bitter and disruptive war of attrition that could go on for m
  
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• Ambulance strike set to go ahead as pay talks between government and unions end without agreement – as it happened

  20-12-2022 18:44
  This live blog has now closed, you can read more about Wednesday’s ambulance workers’ strike hereIn his interviews this morning Will Quince, the health minister, said that the military personnel who are helping out when ambulance staff are on strike tomorrow will not be allowed to turn on blue lights when driving ambulances, or drive them through red lights. “They will be there to drive ambulances in a support capacity for individual trusts,” he said.At the health committ
  
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• Ambulance strike set to go ahead as pay talks between government and unions end without agreement – live

  20-12-2022 18:25
  Health secretary Steve Barclay calls pay demands ‘unaffordable’ as unions warns strikes will escalate without an improved offerIn his interviews this morning Will Quince, the health minister, said that the military personnel who are helping out when ambulance staff are on strike tomorrow will not be allowed to turn on blue lights when driving ambulances, or drive them through red lights. “They will be there to drive ambulances in a support capacity for individual trusts,”
  
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• Rishi Sunak defends NHS pay offer as health leaders warn patient safety not guaranteed during strikes – live

  20-12-2022 17:56
  PM told the liaison committee that he was grateful to NHS workers but that the government had to keep a lid on inflationIn his interviews this morning Will Quince, the health minister, said that the military personnel who are helping out when ambulance staff are on strike tomorrow will not be allowed to turn on blue lights when driving ambulances, or drive them through red lights. “They will be there to drive ambulances in a support capacity for individual trusts,” he said.At the hea
  
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• Nurses’ action is part of UK’s biggest wave of strikes in a generation

  20-12-2022 16:27
  NHS workers join others in seeking to protect living standards in the face of below-inflation pay offersThousands of nurses went on strike in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Tuesday, as the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, insisted he will not back down in the face of Britain’s most significant wave of industrial action in a generation.From rail journeys to Christmas card deliveries and passport checks at airports, key services across Britain are being hit by industrial action, which ha
  
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• 'It's for the NHS': nurses strike across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in pay dispute – video

  20-12-2022 16:12
  Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland went on strike on Tuesday in a dispute with the government about pay and concerns over patient safety. Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) took part after it balloted its members in October. It has said low pay is the cause of chronic understaffing that is putting patients at risk and leaving NHS staff overworked.It is the second day of strikes in December, after an initial strike on 15 December, the bigges
  
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• Rishi Sunak facing senior MPs as NHS leaders warn patient safety not guaranteed during ambulance strike – live

  20-12-2022 16:06
  PM is giving evidence at the liaison committee after NHS leaders warned a letter to him is the ‘last resort’ ahead of Wednesday’s industrial actionIn his interviews this morning Will Quince, the health minister, said that the military personnel who are helping out when ambulance staff are on strike tomorrow will not be allowed to turn on blue lights when driving ambulances, or drive them through red lights. “They will be there to drive ambulances in a support capacity for
  
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• NHS leaders tell Rishi Sunak they cannot guarantee patient safety during ambulance strike – live

  20-12-2022 15:14
  NHS Confederation and NHS Providers say letter to PM is ‘last resort’ ahead of Wednesday’s industrial actionIn his interviews this morning Will Quince, the health minister, said that the military personnel who are helping out when ambulance staff are on strike tomorrow will not be allowed to turn on blue lights when driving ambulances, or drive them through red lights. “They will be there to drive ambulances in a support capacity for individual trusts,” he said.At t
  
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• NHS staff return to work to find same patients waiting in ambulance for A&E, MPs are told – video

  20-12-2022 14:08
  Rachel Harrison, the national secretary of the GMB union, tells MPs theextent of NHS delays, during a health and social care committee meetingon Tuesday. Harrison told the committee ambulance delays were having adevastating impact on NHS staff as patients were being forced to wait in
  ambulances for long periods of time. The delays are primarily caused by
  a shortage of beds in hospitals, often attributed to difficulties infinding care support for patients who are ready to be discharged. Nurses
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• Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland strike for second day

  20-12-2022 13:00
  Tuesday’s strike goes ahead as Royal College of Nursing highlights low payNurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland went on strike on Tuesday in an ongoing dispute with the government about pay and concerns about patient safety.Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) took part after it balloted its members in October. It has said that low pay is the cause of chronic understaffing that is putting patients at risk and leaving NHS staff overworked. Continue reading...
  
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• Nurse strike in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

  20-12-2022 13:00
  Wednesday’s strike goes ahead as Royal College of Nursing highlights low payNurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland went on strike on Tuesday in an ongoing dispute with the government about pay and concerns about patient safety.Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) took part after it balloted its members in October. It has said that low pay is the cause of chronic understaffing that is putting patients at risk and leaves NHS staff overworked. Continue reading...
  
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• I’ve never seen the NHS pushed so hard. It’s not the system that’s breaking now, it’s the people | The Secret Consultant

  20-12-2022 12:53
  I regularly see colleagues in tears and hear that the pressure is too much. These strikes are a cry for helpThis week, the chair of the General Medical Council offered an extraordinary message of support to doctors. What was striking about this was not its tone, but its content. Nowhere was anything said about how to do our jobs, or how to be better doctors; the message was simple. It asked us to be compassionate and to be kind, to ourselves and to one another.We will need that compassion. This
  
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• 'We do this for you': nurses on picket line in Birmingham during NHS strikes – video

  20-12-2022 12:12
  Nurses outside Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham say they have 'no option' but to strike. Victoria Busk, a trainee nursing associate, says low pay in the NHS is the cause of chronic understaffing that is putting patients at risk and leaving staff overworked and the reason Royal College of Nursing would continue to call for change.Up to 100,000 nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been striking for a second day in December in an ongoing dispute with the gove
  
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• 'We do this for you': nurse on Birmingham picket line explains why sector is on strike – video

  20-12-2022 12:12
  Nurses outside Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham say they have 'no option' but to strike. Victoria Busk, a trainee nursing associate, says low pay in the NHS is the cause of chronic understaffing that is putting patients at risk and leaving staff overworked and the reason Royal College of Nursing would continue to call for change.Up to 100,000 nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been striking for a second day in December in an ongoing dispute with the gove
  
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• Rishi Sunak warns NHS strikes could go on for months as he rules out reopening pay offers – live

  20-12-2022 10:49
  Prime minister issues warning as nurses take action again today, with ambulance staff striking on WednesdayWill Quince, the health minister, has been giving interviews this morning. He told BBC Breakfast that, because cover will be limited when ambulance staff go on strike in England and Wales tomorrow, people should avoid “risky” activities. He said:Where people are planning any risky activity, I would strongly encourage them not to do so because there will be disruption on the day.
  
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• Transparency data: DHSC: spending over £500, October 2022

  20-12-2022 10:21 via gov.uk
  Department of Health and Social Care spending by electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS), over £500.
  
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• Nurse strike to go ahead in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

  20-12-2022 07:00
  Strike on 20 December to take place as Royal College of Nursing highlights low payNurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will strike on Tuesday in an ongoing dispute with the government about pay and concerns about patient safety.Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will take part after it balloted its members in October. It has said that low pay is the cause of chronic understaffing that is putting patients at risk and leaves NHS staff overworked. Continue reading.
  
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