The Health Secretary has suggested that striking NHS staff could yet be in line for a bumper pay increase from April if they embrace productivity and efficiency reforms. Steve Barclay is expected to meet with union leaders for discussions about next year’s pay settlement for health employees. There’s pressure on the Government to agree toContinue reading “As Long As Striking NHS Workers Accept Reforms, Their Pay Packets Might Be Boosted From April”
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As A Man Collapses On The Street, Striking Nurses Rush To His Aid From The Picket Line
Nurses rushed from a picket line to the aid of a man who collapsed in the street. The striking staff raced to provide emergency first aid to the male after he fell over just metres from the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) main entrance. The patient was put into the recovery position and was visibly shakingContinue reading “As A Man Collapses On The Street, Striking Nurses Rush To His Aid From The Picket Line”
Paramedics Walk Out Days Before Christmas As Ambulance Strike Dates Are Announced
More than 10,000 ambulance workers across England and Wales will strike days before Christmas if the Government declines to open pay talks, the first national ambulance walkout in 30 years. Three unions revealed the dates members will walk out, coordinating industrial activity for Wednesday 21 December. Members of the GMB union, who include paramedics, EmergencyContinue reading “Paramedics Walk Out Days Before Christmas As Ambulance Strike Dates Are Announced”
When A Teenager Was Referred For Urology Treatments, He Was Told He Would Have To Wait For Two-And-A-Half Years To Get An Appointment At A Hospital
A teenager who was referred for hospital checks has been given an appointment by a scandal-hit NHS trust, in June 2025. The boy’s father said he was stunned after Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) confirmed that the date in the letter was not a typing mistake. His 16-year-old son was referred to theContinue reading “When A Teenager Was Referred For Urology Treatments, He Was Told He Would Have To Wait For Two-And-A-Half Years To Get An Appointment At A Hospital”
Due To Cost Of Living Concerns, Almost TWO-THIRDS Of Britons Are Rationing Heating At Home
New figures reveal that almost two-thirds of Britons say they’re taking measures to ration their heating because of the cost of living crisis. In numbers which show the despair felt by the country about the state of its and their own finances, more than half (56 per cent) are also worried about how they willContinue reading “Due To Cost Of Living Concerns, Almost TWO-THIRDS Of Britons Are Rationing Heating At Home”
Before Christmas, Thousands Of Nurses Will Strike
Thousands of nurses will strike before Christmas after union’s members voted in favour of a first-ever mass NHS walkout. Britain’s nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), closed its historic strike action ballot of its 300,000 members on Wednesday. The union is demanding nurses receive a cost of living pay rise of 5 perContinue reading “Before Christmas, Thousands Of Nurses Will Strike”
Deliveroo-Style Same-Day Contraception Could Be Offered On The NHS By BIKE
MPs have backed calls for the NHS to provide a same-day delivery service for the morning-after pill after a Deliveroo-style pilot was trialled with students during the fresher’s week in Manchester. The trial, which was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom, delivered emergency contraception to women using a bike courier hours afterContinue reading “Deliveroo-Style Same-Day Contraception Could Be Offered On The NHS By BIKE”
We Will Create A Future Worthy Of The Sacrifices So Many Have Made And Fill Tomorrow With Hope
Rishi Sunak gave his first address as Prime Minister. It was one of the longest speeches delivered by a newly appointed Prime Minister in decades. He spoke for five minutes and 56 seconds and promised to fill the future with hope: Good morning, I have just been to Buckingham Palace and accepted His Majesty TheContinue reading “We Will Create A Future Worthy Of The Sacrifices So Many Have Made And Fill Tomorrow With Hope”
COVID Pandemic Worsens Backlog For Cancer Treatment, Pushing Patients To Wait 55 Days
Figures show that the average wait for cancer treatment in Britain is 55 days, one week longer than two years ago, and the lengthy wait is leading to avoidable deaths and makes the United Kingdom one of the worst places in Europe to get the disease. Waiting time is measured from when a patient isContinue reading “COVID Pandemic Worsens Backlog For Cancer Treatment, Pushing Patients To Wait 55 Days”
A 45-Year-Old Autistic Man Has Been Held In A Secure Hospital For 21 Years
Tony Hickmott was sectioned in 2001 and moved away from his home in Brighton. The man, who has autism, was held in a secure hospital and treated like an animal. A whistleblower last year said that Tony Hickmott was the loneliest man in the hospital, but after a bruising court battle, he’s now expected toContinue reading “A 45-Year-Old Autistic Man Has Been Held In A Secure Hospital For 21 Years”
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