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INDUSTRIAL ACTION

BMA urged to consider patients and staff before calling more walk-outs

By Liz Wells 30 July 2025

NHS leaders are urging BMA to consider patients and staff before calling more strike action.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

BMA advertising campaign shows resident doctors paid less than assistants

By Liz Wells 25 July 2025

A national newspaper adverting campaign by the BMA lays bare the pay difference between a resident doctor and their non-medically qualified assistants.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

Lib Dems call for patients to be sent to private hospitals to ease impact of strike

By Liz Wells 25 July 2025

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.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Resident doctors start strike despite last-minute appeals

By Liz Wells 25 July 2025

Thousands of resident doctors have begun a five-day strike despite a last-minute appeal from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

GMB members reject NHS pay award

By Liz Wells 25 July 2025

GMB members have voted by 67% to reject the NHS pay award offered for 2025/26 in England.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Streeting tells trust chiefs 'we have your backs' ahead of strikes

By Liz Wells 24 July 2025

The government has hospital leaders' backs 'if they need to make decisions on staffing', health secretary Wes Streeting has told hospital leaders.

AGENDA FOR CHANGE

Unison boss supports striking phlebotomists

By Liz Wells 23 July 2025

Striking phlebotomists in Gloucestershire have been joined on the picket line by Unison general secretary Christina McAnea as they fight for fair pay.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Public support for resident doctors falls as trusts brace themselves for strikes

By Liz Wells 23 July 2025

Public support for the imminent resident doctors' strikes is declining, new research reveals.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

BREAKING NEWS: Resident doctors strike to go ahead as Streeting fails to 'make significant offer'

By Liz Wells 22 July 2025

Resident doctors in England have confirmed they will be going ahead with industrial action this week, after determining health secretary Wes Streeting’s letter to the BMA's Resident Doctors Committ...

NHS ENGLAND

BMA warns NHS England that its strike plans risk patient safety

By Liz Wells 22 July 2025

The BMA is warning NHS England that its change in approach to planning for this week’s resident doctors strikes will ‘risk patient safety’ for those seeking routine and emergency treatment.