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Consultant doctors have vowed to pause strike action for four weeks if ministers agree to talks with conciliation service Acas.

The NHS has introduced a fit and proper persons’ test for board members, a move that some in HR feel could be rolled out in other sectors. 

Junior doctors and consultants are set to go on strike simultaneously for the first time.

Minimum service level regulations during strikes could be extended to doctors and nurses in hospitals to protect patient safety.

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Retired anaesthetist says female surgeons should ‘toughen up’after research indicated that 30% have been sexually assaulted by colleagues.

Members of the TUC are expected to work with unions to produce a model template for public sector pay review bodies.

Peer-reviewed research finds that nearly one in three female surgeons have been sexually assaulted and two-thirds sexually harassed.

Junior doctors strike to coincide with consultants' walkouts and strike mandate is extended to the end of February 2024.

If the NHS workforce plan goes as pledged, one in 11 employees in England will work for the health service.

Doctors are to receive updated guidelines from the General Medical Council on what constitutes workplace sexual harassment.

Whistleblowing protections should be strengthened to prevent the bullying of NHS staff who raise concerns about safety, a union has said.

There have been calls for hospital bosses to be investigated for corporate manslaughter after they ignored concerns.

A specialist doctors committee that forms part of the British Medical Association could also vote for strike action.

Junior doctors in Scotland have accepted the latest pay deal from the Scottish government, ending their industrial dispute.