Hospital staff strike over nearly £2m in missing payments

HUNDREDS of hospital workers went on strike today over an estimated £1.8 million in missing payments.

Sunak slammed for blaming Tory NHS failures on industrial action

TRADE unions and health campaigners condemned Rishi Sunak today for blaming exhausted health workers for his own failure to cut NHS waiting lists a

Unions disagree over government's plans for a separate nursing pay scale

UNIONS are in disagreement over the government’s new consultation on a separate pay scale for nurses in England.

Some hospitals paying double for equipment compared to others, watchdog warns

SOME hospitals are still paying double the price for medical equipment compared with others, the spending watchdog has warned.

Scottish Health Secretary faces renewed calls to resign as hospital delays rise

SCOTTISH Labour today renewed calls for Health Secretary Michael Matheson to be sacked as new figures reveal the number of people delayed in hospit

Tens of thousands demand Sunak stop pitting patients and doctors against each other

TENS of thousands of people have demanded that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stop pitting NHS workers and patients against each other.

Junior doctors launch longest strike in NHS history in battle against pay cuts

Scottish NHS doctors at ‘breaking point’ as staff shortages take their toll, health union warns

DOCTORS in Scotland are stretching themselves to breaking point as staff shortages take their toll on the NHS, a health union warns.

Number of patients waiting over 8 hours for A&E in Scotland reaches new high this year

THE number of patients waiting more than eight hours at A&Es in Scotland has increased to the highest level since January, figures showed today

Editorial: Weekend work, pay and the NHS crisis: Labour's flawed proposals

WES STREETING’S admission that promising a specific reduction in NHS waiting lists would create a “hostage to fortune” reflects the tenuous nature