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Doctors in Lagos State, Nigeria have commenced a three-day warning strike to protest alleged illegal deductions from their salaries by the state government. The strike, which started on Monday, has raised concerns about disruptions to healthcare services in public hospitals across the state. The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian
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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has proposed working with the Labour government to tackle the "militant" doctors' strike, but only if they reverse a key election pledge. She warned that "people are going to die" as a result of the five-day strike over a 29 per
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The NHS has announced that hospitals will attempt to reschedule appointments within two weeks after strikes are cancelled. This comes as 50,000 resident doctors joined a five-day walkout, demanding a 29 per cent pay rise. The strike has already led to over 1.5 million appointments and operations being
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Research conducted by Northeastern University reveals that the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which introduced site-neutral payments for new outpatient departments, has had a negligible impact on reducing Medicare spending and hospital-physician integration. The study analyzed 2013-20 Medicare claims data and found that most payments remained unaffected by the act,
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NHS England's Prof Meghana Pandit has estimated that appointments cancelled due to strikes will take two weeks to rearrange, as the nation's junior doctors protest for a 29% pay rise. The strike, which began on Friday, has already postponed over 1.5 million appointments and operations
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Industrial action by Resident Doctors has begun this morning, with pickets placed outside University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The action is set to continue until 7am on Wednesday July 30. Both trusts have contingency plans in place to minimize disruptions to patient
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UK resident doctors, known as junior doctors, are set to walk out for five days in a dispute over pay, sparking concerns about public opinion and the impact on the National Health Service (NHS). The decision marks a significant escalation in the dispute between the British Medical Association (BMA) and
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has launched a direct appeal to junior doctors not to join industrial action, warning that strikes would put patients at risk and play into the hands of those who want the NHS to fail. Amid a five-day walkout that has led to the mass cancellation
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A 27-year-old doctor, Ryan Cho, has been re-arrested and charged with five further offences, including producing intimate images and using an optical surveillance device, after a secret recording device was discovered in a staff toilet at a Melbourne hospital. The incident occurred in July, and police have since identified "
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The British Medical Association's decision to back a five-day junior doctors' strike has sparked a wave of criticism from senior medics and politicians alike. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appealed directly to the doctors to refuse strike action, citing concerns that the strike will disrupt patient
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Striking medics outside Manchester Royal Infirmary say they have gone out on strike to demand pay restoration after 14 years of wage stagnation, with many graduate medical students leaving the UK due to crippling debts. The British Medical Association (BMA) claims that doctors' pay has decreased by 21% since
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A heated dispute at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, has come to light as a nurse, Sandie Peggie, lodged a claim against NHS Fife and a transgender medic, Dr Beth Upton, under the Equality Act 2010. Peggie was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with Dr Upton on
