NHS Crisis

Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20 File photon dated 13/07/2023 of junior doctor's and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary at the start a five-day strike amid the continuing dispute over pay, the longest walkout of its kind in the history of the NHS. The NHS is bracing for a difficult few days as almost half of the medical workforce in England are set to go on strike during one of the busiest periods of the year. Issue date: Wednesday December 20, 2023. PA Photo. Junior doctors are to take to picket lines from 7am on December 20 to 7am on December 23 in a major escalation in the bitter dispute over pay. See PA story INDUSTRY Strikes. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 06: A nurse holds a placard in front of Big Ben as members of Royal College of Nursing with ambulance crews and call handlers at the picket outside St Thomas' Hospital in Westminster, London, Britain, February 06, 2023, on the first of the two strikes taking place this week over pay and working conditions. The industrial action is taking place across England and Northern Ireland in the biggest day of strike action in the 75-years history of the National Health Service (NHS). (Photo by Dinendra Haria/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: (FILES) A Rehab Support worker checks on patient notes as the first patients are admitted to the the NHS Seacole Centre at Headley Court, Surrey on May 28, 2020, a disused military hospital, which has been converted during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain's National Health Service (NHS) on July 4, 2023, marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world's first universal, free healthcare system. In a secular age, the NHS is the closest thing Britain has to a national religion -- devoutly cherished, with levels of public support higher than the royal family or any other British institution. (Photo by Victoria Jones / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VICTORIA JONES/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) A Rehab Support worker checks on patient notes as the first patients are admitted to the the NHS Seacole Centre at Headley Court, Surrey on May 28, 2020, a disused military hospital, which has been converted during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain's National Health Service (NHS) on July 4, 2023, marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world's first universal, free healthcare system. In a secular age, the NHS is the closest thing Britain has to a national religion -- devoutly cherished, with levels of public support higher than the royal family or any other British institution. (Photo by Victoria Jones / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VICTORIA JONES/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: File photo dated 07/01/21 of staff nurses on a hospital ward. Better anti-racism policies could boost the NHS workforce, an independent body focused on tackling ethnic inequalities has said. The NHS Race and Health Observatory was formed in 2021 to examine disparities in health and social care based on race. Issue date: Thursday June 15, 2023. PA Photo. The organisation is calling for "better care, training and anti-racist policies" to enhance staff numbers in the NHS, and said this would "improve patient experience and save millions of pounds spent annually on addressing racism claims brought by staff, clinicians and patients". See PA story HEALTH NHS Workforce. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 07/01/21 of staff nurses on a hospital ward. Better anti-racism policies could boost the NHS workforce, an independent body focused on tackling ethnic inequalities has said. The NHS Race and Health Observatory was formed in 2021 to examine disparities in health and social care based on race. Issue date: Thursday June 15, 2023. PA Photo. The organisation is calling for "better care, training and anti-racist policies" to enhance staff numbers in the NHS, and said this would "improve patient experience and save millions of pounds spent annually on addressing racism claims brought by staff, clinicians and patients". See PA story HEALTH NHS Workforce. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
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