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Talking, not striking, is the way to settle NHS disputes - Bill Carmichael

Senior doctors or consultants in England have voted to strike over pay for two days in July.

Senior doctors to strike for 48 hours in July over pay

Striking junior doctors from British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary. PIC: Katie Dickson/PA Wire

Government should agree staggered pay increase with junior doctors - The YP says

Junior Doctors on strike at Millennium Square, Leeds, in January 2023.

NHS ‘won’t survive next ten years’ according to striking doctors

Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay, leaves 10 Downing Street, London, following a Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday April 18, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Cabinet. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Downing Street and junior doctors in deadlock over pay demands

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

It will no longer be possible for the vast majority of people to get free Covid tests in England from this Friday

'Woeful' decision to end free Covid testing puts poorest at risk, MP warns

Is the Government doing enough to support the NHS as waiting lists grow?

What exhausted NHS staff need from Ministers – Yorkshire Post Letters

Dr Richard Vautrey at Meanwood Health Centre, Leeds Picture: Simon Hulme

Leeds GP Richard Vautrey to step down as chair of BMA General Practice Committee

People take part in a protest outside Parliament in central London, calling on the Government to tackle NHS waiting lists.

NHS backlog needs more money than this to clear – Yorkshire Post Letters

New Health Secretary Sajid Javid

Sajid Javid faces 'baptism of fire' as Health Secretary, BMA chairman warns

Boris Johnson still hopes to lift all lockdown restrictions on June 21 - but is he right to do so?

Don’t put freedom at risk on June 21 with lockdown haste – Yorkshire Post Letter...

The British Medical Association’s (BMA) England GP committee passed a motion of no confidence in the leadership of NHS England. Photo credit: PA

Tens of thousands of GPs "badly let down" by NHS England, says Yorkshire doctors

How can the NHS best recover from the Covid pandemic?

Exhausted doctors need support over NHS recovery – Dr Chaand Nagpaul

Should Covid vaccines be mandatory for NHS and care staff?

How you can help Covid-weary NHS – Yorkshire Post Letters

The Covid vaccination programme continues to be rolled out.

Will vaccines still work after 12-week wait? – Yorkshire Post Letters

A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks past a mural praising the NHS.

NHS close to capacity; please give it a fighting chance – Yorkshire Post Letters

Is the Government doing enough to support the NHS?

Boris Johnson plan to halt virus still full of risks – Yorkshire Post Letters

Two people wearing protective face masks pass window dispays at Selfridge's on Oxford Street, London in June. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

BMA chair - Replace ‘rule of six’ with ‘rule of two’ after lockdown: YP Letters

The Covid crisis is exacerbating hospital staff shortages, the BMA claims. Picture: VICTORIA JONES/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Retaining and recruiting doctors must be urgent priority or NHS could face catas...

Social care is in long-overdue need of reform, writes former Wakefield MP David Hinchliffe.

Why we need one health and care system – David Hinchliffe
WHEN we read of vulnerable elderly being found hungry and thirsty, living with infected wounds in filthy conditions, left partially dressed and smeared in dried faeces, we imagine a Third World country.

More money needs to be spent on mental health, warns the BMA, following the Covid-19 lockdown.

Mental health crisis needs tackling warns BMA – Yorkshire Post Letters

A new lockdown has been put in place in Leicester after a Covid-19 flare-up.

Health fears over Boris Johnson’s ‘whack a mole’ strategy – Yorkshire Post Lette...

There remain concerns about the adequacy of testing arrangements for Covid-19.

Complacency puts us all in danger of a second pandemic – Yorkshire Post Letters

A British Medical Association (BMA) survey of more than 6,000 doctors across the country said a significant amount of them remain without the protection they need to guard against Covid-19.

Doctors and nurses concerned over 'inadequate' PPE amid fears it will run out

Leeds has the highest rates of doctors sick notes

Leeds doctor: ‘People should be able to “self-certify” as ill to reduce GPs’ sur...

IT systems in the NHS are still not fit for purpose, says the BMA.

Get the basics right before NHS ‘digital revolution’ – Yorkshire Post letters

The BMA is campaigning for the rights of asylum seekers.

John Chisholm: Doctors have duty to oppose detention of asylum seekers

More funding is needed to prevent NHS winter crisis.

'We must fund our GPs properly or risk another winter crisis'

Do GPs receive sufficient funding?

YP Letters: GPs surgeries cannot cope with demand

Despite daily pressures. junior doctor Melody Redman is still committed to the NHS.

'˜Being a doctor is certainly a strange mix of emotions. We can't solve every pr...

Is the Government investing enough in frontline NHS staff, such as midwives? (PA)

Melody Redman: Help the NHS to help babies like James
The birth of a baby is an occasion which a family remembers forever. The immense mix of emotions is palpable and audible when you walk in the room. Being present for these moments is one of the most rewarding aspects of my job as a junior doctor in children's medicine.

Surgeries on '˜brink of collapse' says leading GP

A&E needs lifesaving investment, says junior doctor Melody Redman.

Melody Redman: My sister is on mend, but NHS still needs fixing

Dr Gary Wannan: 'Unacceptable'

Exclusive: The NHS patients sent 60 miles to find a bed

Would you recommend a medical career to your children?

Jayne Dowle: I don't want my children to work in Jeremy Hunt's NHS

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Exclusive: These '˜impossible NHS plans will cost Â£1.2bn in Yorkshire alone'

Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown.

YP Letters: Credit to Lib Dems for providing real Brexit opposition

Future NHS plans must be transparent, says Dr Vautrey. (PA).

Richard Vautrey: Future NHS plans must be transparent

When is elderly care going to be given more prominence by politicians?

Parveen Kumar: Older people and their carers deserve better support

Striking junior doctors in Sheffield city centre.

Bill Carmichael: Junior doctors must cure their nasty case of militancy

train passengers are being subjected to misery by the rail unions.

Bernard Ingham: Return trip to the bad old days if we don't ban strikes

General practice is in crisis, says the BMA.

YP Letters: Solution to GP crisis lies in greater investment

Is it right that the Government purges patient lists?

YP Letters: Worrying purge of GPs' patient lists

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells MPs that the Government will impose a contract on junior doctors across England.

Hunt imposes new contract deal on junior doctors

Junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association have voted to reject a new contract agreement with the Government.

Junior doctors reject new contract deal against BMA advice

Striking junior doctors hold a rally at Barkers Pool in Sheffield on April 27 - the first all-out strike in the history on the NHS. Picture Scott Merrylees

Government thought medics 'would just roll over' in junior doctors dispute, BMA ...

Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt.

Jeremy Hunt tells medics to follow BMA on contract vote

Junior doctors strike outside of Pinderfields hospital in Wakefield during a recent strike

125,000 operations and appointments cancelled due to strike

Junior doctors risk alienating the public.

YP Letters: General practice has to become more patient-friendly

Junior doctors protest outside Jeremy Hunt's offices in London.

YP Letters: BMA poses as friend of NHS... while trying to destroy it

A junior doctor on the picket line outside Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

YP Letters: Slash managers and turn back the clock to cure NHS ills

Junior doctors on a picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary.

YP Letters: Who has right prescription for the NHS?

Junior doctors on the picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary.

YP Letters: Sir Bernard Ingham has his finger firmly on the pulse of NHS ailment...

Gordon Brown.

Bernard Ingham: Why Gordon Brown is still to blame for Britain's woes

Yorkshire junior doctors heading to Leeds for #MeetTheDoctors event as strike th...

October 31: BMA has no grounds for complaint over junior doctors

Harry Leslie Smith will speak to demonstrators.

Thousands to march in Leeds medics’ protest

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Thousands of Yorkshire medics to take to streets of Leeds in protest over junior...

Dr Richard Vautrey: NHS pays the price for obesity epidemic