Hospitals in England will be allowed to cut back on some pre-planned care to cover the costs of strikes in the NHS, it has emerged. The unprecedented industrial action which
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NHS waiting lists could top eight million by next summer, regardless of whether medics continue striking over pay, according to new analysis. The Health Foundation is calling for changes in
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Ambulance crews in Scotland have warned a failure to get adequate breaks is putting lives at risk as they overwhelmingly backed strike action. A ballot of GMB Scotland members in
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More than 50,000 school and council workers will begin voting on strike action today in a dispute over pay. Ballots will take place among GMB members at almost 3,000 schools
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Workers at the Care Quality Commission are to strike in a dispute over pay. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said more than 90 of its members employed by
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Nurses in Wales have begun a fresh wave of strikes amid a bitter dispute over pay. The Royal College of Nursing said its members would walk out on June 6
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Health workers in Wales have voted to accept a pay offer from the Welsh Government. Members of the GMB union backed the offer by 65% on a turnout of 60%.
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Staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will strike on Tuesday in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of Unison, Unite and the Public and Commercial Services union will walk
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Scottish council workers have threatened to walk out in their battle for higher wages after they rejected a pay deal. Unison said on Wednesday 87% of its local authority workers
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The Government is “happy to see hundreds of thousands of operations cancelled” so it can blame junior doctors for NHS waiting lists not falling, Labour has claimed. Shadow health secretary
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