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Letters setting out review bodies’ remit for wages in coming year cite ‘historic nature’ of recent settlements
Health leaders sound alarm over latest walkout, which comes as NHS grapples with winter pressures
Silicon Valley group Zipline allies with trust in northern England to drop essential medical supplies
Patients were waiting for 7.71mn routine hospital appointments in October, down from September peak
BMA announces nine days of action as pay negotiations with government break down
Steady shift towards outsourcing hip, knee and eye treatment expected to expand to other procedures despite concerns
Health professionals warn about over-reliance on ‘unethical’ hiring from overseas
Also in this newsletter, the British Medical Association has recommended to striking consultants they accept the government’s latest pay deal
Cancer Research UK report says UK government must invest in staffing and funding for research
Demand is soaring thanks to the NHS crisis, but providers are up against inflation and fierce competition for doctors
Health leaders have called for urgent cash injection after wave of strikes
Company co-founded by Peter Thiel secures deal to deliver data platform for England’s health service
Growth cap on UK’s health service branded drugs bill will rise to 4% from 2027
Diary entries by then chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance reveal how pandemic modelling ‘confused’ former PM
Public accounts committee cites ‘extreme concerns’ over scheme beset by spiralling costs and inflation
NHS Providers chief warns of ‘sense of dread’ among staff ahead of winter as union remains locked in pay dispute
Sarah Meredith was in urgent need of a liver when she found out an algorithm would be making the life-or-death decision
Decision will come as blow to health secretary, who had been pressing for extra funding
Chancellor pressed for extra money in Autumn Statement as struggling health service heads into winter
Former health service chief Simon Stevens says he sought to ‘discourage idea’ that ‘never crystallised’
Survey of 1,000 companies lays bare worries about impact of long NHS waiting lists on workforce productivity
Strains are particularly acute in areas of high deprivation
Failure to grant extra funding in Autumn Statement would be ‘self-destructive’, head of King’s Fund think-tank says
Sector has been critical of government after sharp rise in clawback tax
Anaesthetists resign from contracts with medical insurer as private sector picks up strain from NHS
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