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Senior NHS doctors in England will hold a two-day strike from 25 November, providing emergency care only. The cause is a dispute over pay and pensions: 76% of BMA ballot participants backed the strike, with turnout just above 50%.
Aziz KarimovDr Sarah Redvers, a former safeguarding doctor in Sussex, told the BBC that after raising complaints about prescriptions to adolescents she was accused of transphobia and subjected to a harsh investigation. In June 2026, an independent NHS investigation found that 78 children at the WellBN clinic may have been harmed by prescriptions made without proper checks. Redvers has filed a constructive dismissal claim against NHS Sussex and former chief executive Adam Doyle; the tribunal's decision is awaited. Dr Sarah Redvers, a former child safeguarding doctor in Sussex, told the BBC that after raising concerns about prescriptions to adolescents she was accused of transphobia and subjected to a harsh investigation. In June 2026, an independent NHS investigation found that 78 children at the WellBN clinic may have been harmed by prescriptions made without proper checks. Redvers has filed a constructive dismissal claim against NHS Sussex and former chief executive Adam Doyle; the tribunal's ruling is awaited.
Javlon TursunovBritish MPs who criticised Palantir in parliament received letters from executives of the company's UK division. Jeremy Corbyn and Rachael Maskell called it an attempt at intimidation; Palantir says the letters were intended to correct inaccurate claims. The company retains contracts with the NHS, the Ministry of Defence and the police, and its dispute with London's City Hall over a £50 million contract has been settled out of court.
Javlon TursunovA cross-party health committee called the plan to provide Mounjaro to 220,000 people by 2028 'inadequate': it covers only about 6% of the 2.8 million eligible patients. MPs pointed to a 'two-tier system', growth in private purchases and the black market, urged learning from private digital services and stronger action against illegal drug sales.
Sevara AzamovaDeclassified documents released to the National Archives show that MI5 kept the NHS founder Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan under surveillance from the 1930s. The service was interested in his links with communists, and in 1949 the MI5 director Sir Percy Sillitoe personally warned Prime Minister Clement Attlee about Bevan's friendship with a convicted Soviet spy. The file was only closed in 1975, 15 years after the politician's death.
Sevara AzamovaPippa Boardman, a resident of Cornwall, learned about her cancer from an acquaintance working at Royal Cornwall Hospital, who accessed her medical records two days before her consultation. The hospital apologised only after the BBC got in touch and conducted an investigation. The incident occurred against the backdrop of other recent NHS data breaches.
Javlon TursunovMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Broomfield Hospital, is charged on three counts over the deaths of three-year-old Zeydi Ajetunmobi (2022) and two-year-old Selina Samarina (2024). The case was brought by the regulator CQC; a hearing at Chelmsford court is scheduled for 3 December.
Sevara AzamovaNew regulations to be introduced in parliament on Tuesday will cancel universal credit payments (up to £800 a month) to murderers and dangerous sexual offenders being treated in hospitals at NHS expense. The measure will affect around 2,500 people and, according to the government's estimate, will save tens of millions of pounds a year. The initiative was backed by victims' families, including relatives of those killed in Nottingham in 2023.
Otabek YusupovThe NHS Alliance said maternity care in England is 'not fit for purpose' and poses safety risks: a shortage of specialists, a rise in caesarean sections and outdated buildings. Small maternity units delivering 1,500–2,000 births a year may have to close. A government taskforce must deliver reforms, the Department of Health said.
Otabek YusupovHealth Secretary Yvette Cooper said unauthorised access by NHS staff to the medical records of the Nottingham attack victims and tiger victim William Chapman was a 'disgrace'. Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has dismissed a total of 15 staff, and Yorkshire Ambulance Service has launched an investigation into possible access to Chapman's records.
Otabek YusupovUK Health Secretary Yvette Cooper ordered the NHS to urgently develop plans to end 'corridor care' for children, announced £140m for urgent care and new standards with age-based statistics. The trigger was the case of two-year-old Finley Roberts, who died in a hospital corridor in 2024.
Aziz KarimovNottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust has increased the number of staff dismissed for unlawfully accessing medical records of the victims of the 13 June 2023 Nottingham attacks from 11 to 15. Fifteen final and two first written warnings have also been issued. Investigations are ongoing, including access to the files of surviving victims. The public inquiry's findings will be published by May 2027.
Otabek Yusupov24-year-old William Chapman died from a tiger attack at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on 11 October. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service reported two possible cases of staff accessing his medical data without lawful grounds, launched an investigation and notified the ICO. A coroner's hearing was told he died from multiple injuries and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Otabek YusupovDr Stephen Brearey, the lead neonatal consultant at the Countess of Chester Hospital, said in his first interview since the publication of the Thirlwall Inquiry report that it was 'naive' to rely on the hospital management's response to suspicions about nurse Lucy Letby, who murdered seven babies. Police were only called in May 2017, although warning signs had emerged since 2015.
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