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Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action
Strike dates will be set if government and employers do not make ‘credible offer’ in next 10 days
Sunak promises ‘largest and fastest-ever improvement’ in emergency waiting times in health service history
Blueprint relies on ‘virtual’ wards and improved community care to alleviate bottlenecks
Health department failed to complete an ‘effective stock count’ of pandemic medical items, report finds
Shortage of doctors with university posts is putting health service on ‘dangerous precipice’
Health secretary Steve Barclay says NHS will suffer inevitable disruption from walkout
We must carefully consider how changes in the funding model might affect the healthcare system
Figures come as health leaders warn that patients will face severe disruption during biggest NHS walkout on February 6
Rail body makes ‘best and final offer’ after talks improve, while nurses’ union urges Sunak to ‘grab olive branch’
GMB announces four more walkouts in February and March as it calls on government to ‘talk pay now’
Future of pandemic less predictable than at the outset because of new variants, says Jenny Harries
Nursing union vows ‘sharp increase’ in action as data find almost 500,000 days lost to strikes in November
The British find it worryingly hard to think ill of non-commercial, non-political institutions
AbbVie and Eli Lilly take action after clawback payments on branded drugs reach a quarter of UK sales
Threat comes ahead of another week of industrial action by nurses, ambulance drivers and rail workers
Faced with long waits for treatment, millions pay for care
Starting with primary care, investment combined with modernisation can deliver better outcomes for patients
Operators say higher tariff would allow them to attract and keep staff as hospitals look to free up space
Structure and funding of the UK health system should be re-examined for a new era
NHS data show record number of 999 calls in December even as non-emergency waiting list declines slightly
Living in a constant state of calamity has made us strangely laid back about the service’s breakdown
Britain has relied on more non-EU foreign practitioners since Brexit
Pressure mounts on ministers to increase wages of health workers amid latest walkout by ambulance staff
Sunak is refusing to confront reality, just like his predecessors
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