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NewsMackey: We’ll reduce our reliance on resident doctors in response to strikes
The NHS will accelerate work to design clinical models less reliant on resident doctors in response to continuing strike action by medics, NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has told HSJ.
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NewsMackey: Iran war threatens ‘huge shock’ for NHS finances
The NHS will need extra funding from government if the Iran war drives large price increases, which could amount to a “huge shock”, Sir Jim Mackey has warned.
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NewsConsultants launch strike ballot
Senior doctors are set to ballot for renewed industrial action over pay, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsMackey: Prepare for ‘long period’ of strike action
The health service is set for a “long distance” run of industrial action following resident doctors announcing another strike, NHS England’s CEO has warned.
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NewsResident doctors announce six days of strikes
Resident doctors in England will strike for six days after the Easter weekend, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsLong A&E waits worst on record
Long A&E waits last month hit their highest level since public records began, as NHS England warns it’s battling its “busiest winter on record”.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: What 2026 means for strikes
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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NewsMore strikes unlikely amid ‘increasingly positive’ negotiations, says doctors’ leader
A resident doctors’ leader has predicted that further strike action is unlikely, thanks to “increasingly positive” and “constructive” negotiations.
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NewsDoctors renew strike action on 53% turnout
Resident doctors in England have voted in favour of renewed strike action – but only narrowly passed the 50 per cent turnout required for a legal mandate.
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NewsRevealed: Wide variation in resident doctors on strike
There was wide variation in the proportion of resident doctors who went on strike before Christmas amid increased national turnout, analysis of NHS England data suggests.
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CommentA brighter future is possible in 2026
Pressures from industrial action, morale and maternity safety concerns are colliding with once-in-a-generation transformation – meaning 2026 will be a defining year, says Daniel Elkeles
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NewsProbert: We want NHS to be ‘world’s most transparent health service’
The NHS is striving to become the “most transparent health service in the world”, its deputy chief has said.
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CommentMedical students can provide unique insight into hospital effectiveness
As the NHS faces a workforce crisis, excluding medical students risks ignoring insights crucial to training reform, retention, and future policy decisions
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NewsRise in flu beds slows following government ‘collapse’ fears
The rise in hospital flu cases slowed last week – following NHS England and government claims that the service was facing an “unprecedented… worst-case scenario”.
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News‘Don’t railroad GPs into neighbourhood health,’ says NHS London chief
The head of the NHS in London has warned against “railroading” GPs into providing more neighbourhood services.
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NewsStrike to go ahead after doctors reject latest plea
The resident doctors strike is set to go ahead from Wednesday, after they rejected the government’s latest offer, the British Medical Association has said today.
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NewsStreeting proposes emergency legislation in bid to avert strikes
Resident doctors are holding a snap survey on a late attempt by the government to avert strikes this month.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: Will ICB and NHSE staff resist redundancy?
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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CommentA clinically trained health secretary would end industrial unrest in the NHS
Amid escalating NHS strikes, a clinician-led health department could reshape negotiations, restore trust, and shift government understanding of frontline realities
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NewsBMA says trusts must cancel electives if they want help during strike
The British Medical Association has said it will not let striking doctors help under-pressure trusts unless they have already cancelled elective activity and “incentivised” other medics to cover.