A book which chronicles the struggles of NHS staff and the politics surrounding the health service has been honoured at the National Book Awards. Comedian and former doctor Adam Kay
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Immigration rules are worsening NHS staffing pressures by preventing doctors from overseas coming to Britain to work, health chiefs have warned. Limits on the number of visas issued to doctors
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Patient care in the NHS could suffer because of a workforce “crisis” among doctors, leading medics have warned. Fewer people are choosing to enter medicine or remain in the NHS
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Family members of a talented junior doctor who killed herself among crippling self-doubts and anxiety about her performance have called for action to alleviate the “crisis” of staff anxiety and
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Last week the British Medical Association announced training medics would perform a series of strikes by withdrawing labour, including emergency care, for a week each month until the end of
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Doctors are being urged to call off further strike dates over the imposition of a controversial new contract, with some calling the decision “disappointing”. Junior doctors have announced they will
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Junior doctors are proposing to go on strike for a week every month for the rest of the year as the row over a new contract being imposed on them
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Ministers are gearing up to impose a new contract on thousands of junior doctors across England. Sources in Government told the BBC an announcement is expected in the next few
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Doctors’ leaders and the Government have agreed a new deal for junior doctors, with a new pay structure for working weekends and evenings. The deal between the British Medical Association
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Jeremy Hunt is willing to “pause” the introduction of new contracts for five days if junior doctors agree to talks on outstanding issues. Writing to the chairman of the Academy
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