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...Strike action by nurses in England is “premature and disrespectful” to other unions, health secretary Steve Barclay said on Sunday as the dispute between the government and health workers over pay and working...
...The Financial Times reported over the weekend that medical professionals, including the Royal College of Radiologists, had written to health secretary Steve Barclay warning that cancer patients’ chances...
...Meanwhile, Barclay met on Tuesday afternoon with the British Medical Association in an attempt to break a deadlock over junior doctors’ pay....
...Health secretary Steve Barclay has refused to negotiate from that starting point, calling it “unreasonable”, implying the government would enter talks only if the BMA lowered its pay demands....
...Speaking over the weekend, health secretary Steve Barclay said he was “cautiously optimistic” that the staff council, which also has representatives from employer bodies, would accept the government’s “fair...
...UK health secretary Steve Barclay on Monday expressed “regret” over ongoing delays within emergency services in hospitals across England as he outlined additional funding for the NHS....
...“Unfortunately, the decision by BMA junior doctors’ leaders to maintain an unrealistic position meant we were unable to make progress with talks,” Barclay wrote....
...Lawyers for UK health secretary Steve Barclay persuaded the High Court that the second day of next week’s strike by members of the Royal College of Nursing fell outside the six-month window permitted for...
...Barclay voiced concern over the levels of emergency cover being provided by GMB and Unison during Wednesday’s strike....
...But the government has infuriated other health unions that did not receive an invitation to the talks, which involved health secretary Steve Barclay and the RCN on Wednesday....
...Health secretary Steve Barclay described the BMA and HCSA’s announcements as “deeply disappointing”, saying the government valued the work of junior doctors and wanted to continue to address wider concerns...
...Health secretary Steve Barclay said strike action would “inevitably cause further delays for patients”, and called on unions to engage with the government on discussions on this coming year’s pay settlement...
...Barclay’s team did not dispute that account. Unions want a meeting with Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt, although no date has been set....
...Unions believe that Barclay may be open to other compromises to broker a deal, including backdating next year’s pay rise, which runs from April 2023, to January 2023....
...The idea of a £1,000 one-off payment for NHS staff, floated by health secretary Steve Barclay, was blocked by the Treasury....
...Health secretary Steve Barclay last month signalled to unions that he would examine the case for backdating this year’s pay rise....
...Barclay has attempted to talk to unions about next year’s NHS pay round, which takes effect in April 2023, but the government is refusing to reopen this year’s settlement....
...In a sign of an olive branch from the government, officials close to Barclay on Thursday signalled that the minister was keen to ensure that the process for next year’s pay review, which has already begun...
...Barclay doubled down on the government’s refusal to renegotiate on this year’s pay deal for NHS staff....
...Sunak told MPs the government wanted a “constructive dialogue” with unions, while health secretary Steve Barclay insisted “nothing is off the table” in relation to pay....
...Health secretary Steve Barclay said that the government would “block book beds” to speed up the discharge of around 2,500 medically fit patients from hospitals into community settings such as care homes....
...Health secretary Steve Barclay said the RCN’s “significant escalation . . . will risk patient safety” and “inevitably cause further disruption”....
...Barclays has hired Alishba Ali as a managing director leading UK consumer and TMT in its international corporate banking unit. She was previously at JPMorgan....
...The British Medical Association, which represents doctors, used a meeting with Barclay on Thursday to demand “full pay restoration” for junior members in England....
...Health secretary Steve Barclay is considering a one-off payment to NHS staff or backdating next year’s pay award to January 2023, but Hunt has told him that must be funded from the existing health budget...
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