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Junior doctors on £14-an-hour as poor pay revealed and Tories refuse to start talks The Daily Mirror says Junior doctors are being paid as little as £14 an hour to carry out vital operations, a campaign reveals. As medics today begin a four-day strike, The British Medical Association exposes the shocking truth about wages. It said: “Is this a fair price to provide patients with high-quality healthcare?” In a poll, most back the strikes. But the Tories still refuse to hold pay talks. The government has been accused of providing high quality health care on the cheap by doctors whose…

Tory ‘neglect’ blamed for 3.6m abandoned calls to NHS 111 in England The Guardian says Patients contacting NHS 111 in England are having to wait so long for medical help that they are abandoning millions of calls, with 3.6m ditched in the past 12 months, official figures reveal. The national helpline service is supposed to make it quicker and easier for patients to get the right advice or treatment they need, either for their physical or mental health. It is billed as being open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, analysis by the House of Commons Library,…

Nurses reject 5% pay deal and vote for all-out strike – with no exemptions for emergency care The Independent says Nurses have rejected the government’s pay offer and announced an all-out strike with all services affected for the first time in NHS history. A majority of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members rejected the 5 per cent pay deal, by 54 per cent of the vote to 46 per cent, despite a recommendation from union leaders to accept it. In a bid to force the government’s hand, the union announced a round-the-clock walkout for 48 hours starting at 8pm on…

‘Don’t get ill!’: Public told to avoid ‘risky behaviour’ during junior doctors’ strike Daily Express says Patients will suffer as junior doctors strike for four days this week, NHS leaders warned. The public was told to avoid “risky behaviour” as levels of care available would be greatly reduced. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, agreed the action posed risks to patient safety and called on the public to avoid “risky behaviour”. He warned: “These strikes are going to have a catastrophic impact on the capacity of the NHS to recover services [post-Covid]. “The health service has to meet…

Why does the British media keep undermining the NHS? Rewind a few years back and NHS and its workers were considered the heroes of the country. The then prime minister Boris Johnson even had us stood outside clapping the efforts of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, who were working tirelessly through a grim and gruelling global health crisis. But with the pandemic in the dust, a distant memory in the rearview mirror, the media – who had lauded the NHS workers as our guardian angels through the darkest of times, is throwing those same people under the bus. The…

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Cryptocurrency exchanges face headwinds even as crypto value rises Sky News says Last year was a torrid one for those who love cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, the biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, fell by 64% during 2022 and Ethereum, the second largest, by 67%. Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency that started as a joke yet then became beloved by Elon Musk and his followers, fell by nearly 60%. This year, though, cryptocurrency values have rallied sharply. Dogecoin is up by nearly 34% since the beginning of 2023, Ethereum by 74% and Bitcoin by a remarkable 80%. The latter hit $30,000 last week for the first…

The most (and least) expensive travel destinations for 2023, revealed The Metro says Who doesn’t love a holiday? Whether it’s laying on a beach and soaking up the sun or exploring new cultures and world heritage sites, a trip abroad is good for the soul. But these days most of us don’t have a lot of extra cash lying around to fund an extravagant break away. So where should you go for a cheap trip and which destinations are going to cost you an arm and a leg? Traveller’s Elixir researched 60 locations around the globe and determined the most…