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The ongoing wave of public sector strikes, some of which could continue into the autumn, has been motivated by two main factors.One the most immediate is the spike in inflation and the cost of living crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine.For workforces which had already endured a steady erosion of pay and living standards for over a decade, this amounted to a blow upon the bruise inflicted by austerity.

Nurses in England are striking in their latest walkout over an ongoing pay dispute with the government.Services across England were braced for exceptionally low staffing as part of the biggest walkout yet over the bank holiday.In an interview with the Independent over the weekend, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen warned the government could face years of strikes by nurses if it did not find a way through the strikes.

Nurses in England are striking in their latest walkout over an ongoing pay dispute with the government.The health workers are striking from 8pm (or the start of the night shift) on 30 April to 11.59pm on 1 May.In an interview with the Independent over the weekend, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen warned the government could face years of strikes by nurses if it did not find a way through the strikes.

NHS services across England will face major disruption on Monday after nurses walked out in a 28-hour strike over pay.The strike, which will end just before midnight, comes after a High Court judge ruled it would be unlawful for the industrial action to continue into Tuesday as originally planned.Monday will also see NHS workers march in central London.

Nurses have worked tirelessly with NHS England to make sure their strike is safe for patients, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said.The RCN will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday after voting to reject the latest Government offer.The union initially said it would not agree to derogations broad areas of care where staffing is guaranteed despite industrial action but granted some exemptions on Friday in an apparent U-turn.

NHS organisations across the country are braced for significant disruption as nurses prepare to stage a 28-hour strike over pay.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday night after voting to reject the latest Government offer.The union initially said it would not agree to derogations broad areas of care where staffing is guaranteed despite industrial action but granted some exemptions last week in an apparent U-turn.

Patients will receive cancer test results within 10 days under a new NHS drive to speed up diagnosis and treatment.NHS England has said hospitals must work to a 10-day turnaround for patients who have received an urgent referral for suspected cancer.Figures published earlier this month show that there has been an improvement in the proportion of patients urgently referred for suspected cancer who were then diagnosed or had cancer ruled out within 28 days.

An MP with cerebral palsy has said he regularly receives messages accusing him of being drunk when he speaks in Parliament.Paul Maynard, a Conservative MP and former minister, said that every time he speaks in the Commons he receives such messages, despite not being able to drink alcohol because it risks triggering his epilepsy.

Kidney patients are not receiving funds they are entitled to which help with the cost of performing treatments at home, a charity has said.Patients whose kidneys are not working properly sometimes need to have dialysis treatment a procedure to remove waste products and excess fluid from the blood when the kidneys cannot perform this function.

The NHS could make significant dents in plugging workforce shortages by working smarter and more efficiently, its chief strategy officer has said.Chris Hopson said more staff were needed but the NHS could also work differently to deal with chronic staff shortages.The long-term workforce plan for the health service is currently being reviewed by ministers and is understood to include figures for how many more staff will need to be trained.

Patients with incurable cervical cancer are to be offered a new treatment which could give them more time with their loved ones.Keytruda, an immunotherapy drug manufactured by Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD), is the first new treatment in 14 years approved to treat advanced cervical cancer.It is expected that over the next three years around 400 patients will benefit from the treatment, also known as pembrolizumab.

NHS England has now treated more than one million Covid patients since the pandemic began, a health service chief revealed as he warned the virus still poses a risk.Chief strategy officer Chris Hopson gave the figure on the third anniversary of the Covid lockdown, when the public were ordered to stay at home to prevent the spread of the virus in 2020.

Close Matt Hancock wanted to frighten the pants' off public with new Covid strain, leak shows The final official estimates of Covid-19 in the UK show infections in England have climbed to their highest level since the start of the year, figures released late last week show.The trend in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is uncertain, though there are signs the virus is continuing to become more prevalent.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A 19-month-old girl has become the first child in the UK to receive a revolutionary gene therapy for a fatal disorder.Teddi Shaw suffers from deadly metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) but has been given the chance of a normal life, thanks to one of the world's most expensive drugs.

A charity which supports patients with the most common form of eye cancer is calling on the NHS to end its devastating failure to fund a treatment which can significantly boost survival.Around 750 cases of ocular or uveal melanoma are diagnosed in the UK every year and around 50% of these lead to a secondary cancer, known as metastases.

Britain could double the number of doctors and nurses it trains under NHS plans to tackle a deepening staffing crisis, according to reports.The proposal to increase the number of places in UK medical schools from 7,500 to 15,000 is contained in a draft of NHS England's long-awaited workforce plan, which is expected to be published next month.

Junior doctors in England have agreed to formal talks with the government after a three-day strike this week in which more than 175,000 appointments and procedures had to be postponed, according to data published by NHS England.The postponements had to be made to protect emergency, critical and urgent care for patients as a result of the industrial action on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Hospital trusts must only remove gas and air on maternity wards as a last resort, NHS England has said.Several hospitals temporarily suspended the use of gas and air following concerns that midwives and staff are being exposed to too-high levels of gas over prolonged periods of time.Some pregnant women have posted on social media, saying the decisions have left them feeling anxious and worried about their pain relief options.

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Hospital trusts must only remove gas and air on maternity wards as a last resort, NHS England has said.Several hospitals temporarily suspended the use of gas and air following concerns that midwives and staff are being exposed to too-high levels of gas over prolonged periods of time.