Concern for NHS soars amid unprecedented strike action, poll finds
Inflation remains the public’s number one concern, but worries about the NHS, housing and education increased in April.
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NHS leader urges Acas intervention to avert ‘catastrophic’ junior doctor strikes
NHS Confederation chief executive Matthew Taylor has urged the Government and unions to call in the Acas conciliation agency.
Emergency care to be prioritised during junior doctors’ strike, says NHS England
England’s top doctor has warned that the walkouts are set to be ‘the most disruptive industrial action in NHS history’.
Four-day walkout by junior doctors ‘could see 250,000 appointments postponed’
“In the last junior doctors’ strike, we saw about 175,000 appointments and operations having to be postponed."
Nearly 15,000 children’s operations cancelled last year
Some 77 NHS hospital trusts in England provided the data, which showed that 59,566 operations have been cancelled since 2018.
Nearly half of specialist doctors in England and Wales born outside UK
The census figures highlight how recruitment from across the world has shaped the modern-day NHS.
NHS strikes suspended after new pay offer
The breakthrough follows days of talks with the Government over the long-running dispute over pay.
Bernie Sanders issues stark warning to Brits over NHS
"Don't give up. Strengthen your system. Put money into the system. Do what you have to do to make sure you have the doctors and nurses."
Rod Stewart: ‘If we don’t have the NHS, we’ll be like the US’
WATCH: Sir Rod Stewart speaks to Sky News, after he paid for members of the public to have scans at a mobile scanning unit in Essex.