Victoria Macdonald
Hunt sidelined as second junior doctors’ strike called off
There is cause for optimism as a second strike is called off. But junior doctors are angry and hurt.
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Victoria Macdonald
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Junior doctors’ strike suspended
Next week’s 48-hour strike by junior doctors in England is suspended as Acas talks continue between the British Medical Association and the government.
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Victoria Macdonald
Junior doctors’ strike explained
The country is braced for the first junior doctors’ strike since 1975 – David Cameron is warning of the dangers, but 66 per cent of the public support the strikers.
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Junior doctors strike in England
Junior doctors across the country, except those who work in emergency care, began a 24-hour strike this morning.
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FactCheck: has George Osborne been generous to the NHS?
George Osborne says he is spending an “unprecedented” amount on the NHS. So why do critics insist there is a historic squeeze on budgets?
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Victoria Macdonald
NHS: extra money ‘not enough’ to meet government’s ambitions
Few believe that the extra money will do much more than pay off the ever increasing deficits and meet increased pension demands.
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Jackie Long
Are the government’s ‘fit for work’ tests linked to an increase in suicides?
Researchers suggest that almost 600 suicides may be linked with the government’s controversial tests.
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Victoria Macdonald
NHS in crisis: too many patients, not enough money, angry staff
Warnings are coming thick and fast from all quarters that the NHS is under intense strain. That’s before junior doctors have voted on possible industrial action. And the winter hasn’t even started.
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FactCheck: are junior doctors getting a pay cut?
Junior doctors could strike despite an apparent offer of more pay from the government. Are they right to be suspicious?
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Victoria Macdonald
How neglect by an NHS hospital contributed to a teenager’s death
This is the second inquest in five days where a young person has died and the finding has been “contributed to by neglect”.
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Connor Sparrowhawk: neglect at NHS unit contributed to death
A teenager with learning disabilities and epilepsy who drowned in a bath at an NHS unit had been neglected, an inquest jury has ruled.
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Victoria Macdonald
‘Real and immediate threat’ to NHS of new junior doctor contracts
A stark warning to the health secretary from the presidents of nine Royal Colleges about the impact of proposed new contracts for doctors on morale, staff retention and patient safety.
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Diabetes could ‘bankrupt’ the NHS
Soaring cases of diabetes threaten to “bankrupt the NHS”, charity Diabetes UK warns.
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FactCheck: is female genital mutilation happening all around us?
Female genital mutilation could affect women in every part of England and Wales, according to a new study. What’s behind the numbers?
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Victoria Macdonald
The ‘revolving door of care’: unsafe hospital discharges
The homeless, older people, those with mental health conditions. These are the patients whose voices we rarely hear. Even when it goes wrong and the NHS lets them down.
