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BBC Politics13 Jun 2026

Resident doctors cancel strike after new offer from government

The walkout had been due to start at 07:00 BST on Monday and last all week.

Healthcare
The Guardian Politics12 Jun 2026

Merope Mills awarded CBE in king’s honours list for Martha’s rule campaign

Journalist and healthcare campaigner was driving force behind patient safety initiative after death of 13-year-old daughter The healthcare campaigner and journalist Merope Mills has been made a CBE in the king’s birthday honours list for services to patient safety. Mills, a senior editor at the Guardian, was a driving force behind the introduction of an initiative in England said to have potentially saved hundreds of lives. She has spent years campaigning for the introduction of Martha’s rule un

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Guido Fawkes12 Jun 2026

Anti-Nanny State Campaigner David Hockey Dies Aged 88

A pro-liberty campaigner and one of the last great smokers. He campaigned against anti-smoking regulations over his lifetime and said in 2005: “You cannot have a smoke free bohemia. Without a bohemia you pay a heavy price… Picasso smoked until he was about 98 and so did Matisse… I smoke for my mental health, so…

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The Guardian Politics11 Jun 2026

Patients are dying in A&E corridors - but I've seen how things could be different | Sophie

When I started nursing at 21 we were able to deliver timely, good care. That has become nearly impossible Sophie (not her real name) is a member of the Royal College of Nursing and a senior A&E nurse in a hospital in the south of England I began my career as an A&E nurse in 2010, when I was 21. It was a completely different world. If a patient needed immediate attention, there was easily the capacity for two nurses to look after them straight away. The NHS target of seeing patients within a fo

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The Guardian Politics11 Jun 2026

Young people in Britain are suffering a joblessness epidemic – and, so far, Labour is just making it worse | Larry Elliott

Youth unemployment is harming the mental health of a generation. A sluggish economy will only make things harder Unemployment is bad for anyone, but really hard on the young. That’s because prolonged periods of worklessness in your late teens or early 20s scar you for life. As academic studies have shown, it can cause depression and affect earning potential for years to come. There is a clear link between poor mental health and being unemployed. That’s why Alan Milburn’s probe into youth unemplo

EconomyHealthcare
Express Politics10 Jun 2026

Reform would let NHS migrants into UK while pushing for overall cuts

Reform UK would allow immigrants to enter Britain to work in the NHS while pushing for an overall reduction in migrant numbers, their Makerfield candidate says.

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Conservative Home10 Jun 2026

Rafe Fletcher: How a Thai meal and Singapore shows our state should think about profit too

Most bizarrely, Brits abelieve the NHS generates a 34 per cent profit but It is, of course, not profitable in any way. And its sacred nature generates a consensus that anything else would be a moral transgression. That attitude pervades throughout public services. The post Rafe Fletcher: How a Thai meal and Singapore shows our state should think about profit too appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes10 Jun 2026

Sudanese Asylum Seeker Charged With Attempted Murder

Sudanese asylum seeker Hadi Alodid has been charged with attempted murder, possessing a bladed article without good reason and making threats to kill a NHS worker at Belfast Magistrates’ Court this morning. He did not speak in Belfast Magistrates’ Court and did not respond to questions… He appeared without legal representation and was supported by…

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Guido Fawkes9 Jun 2026

Reform MPs Demand Information After ‘Attempted Beheading’ in North Belfast

One man in his 40s is in hospital and another has been arrested and is in custody after an ‘attempted beheading’ in North Belfast. DUP leader Gavin Robinson said it was a case of  “medieval, barbaric and systemic mutilation.” Nigel Farage said: “What happened in Belfast last night is horrific. The authorities must reveal the…

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Express Politics9 Jun 2026

Massive NHS waiting lists force British patients to head abroad for sun, sea and surgery

The number of Britains going abroad for medical treatment has soared and patients are now asking about combing a hospital stay with a holiday in the sunshine

Healthcare
Express Politics8 Jun 2026

Kemi Badenoch promises to scrap hated equality rules for police, nurses and teachers

The Conservative leader wants to restore common sense into public services.

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Express Politics8 Jun 2026

Resident doctors and public funding: The missing gratitude in the junior doctors' dispute

OPINION - RONEL LEHMANN: Gratitude is in conspicuously short supply right now

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