Medical students are being driven further into poverty during their final year of training due to a shortfall in student loan support, a new survey reveals.
The BMA’s resident doctors committee has agreed a ‘window for negotiations’ with secretary of state for health and social care Wes Streeting.
More than 10,000 extra patients received care during last week’s five-day resident doctors’ strike, compared to similar industrial action last year (27 June – 2 July), new data reveals.
GPs have set out six demands they want the government to meet by mid-September to avert strikes over the winter months.
The BMA says further industrial action by resident doctors can be avoided if secretary of state for health and social care Wes Streeting comes to the table with a credible offer.
NHS leaders are urging BMA to consider patients and staff before calling more strike action.
A national newspaper adverting campaign by the BMA lays bare the pay difference between a resident doctor and their non-medically qualified assistants.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for an NHS Strike Resilience Plan, using private hospitals for some elective treatments, to ensure no patient gets bumped down a waitlist further.
Thousands of resident doctors have begun a five-day strike despite a last-minute appeal from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
The government has hospital leaders' backs 'if they need to make decisions on staffing', health secretary Wes Streeting has told hospital leaders.
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