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The NHS could face “one of the most difficult starts to the year” it has ever faced, a medical leader has warned.
National Chief Medical Officer Professor Sir Stephen Powis believes the service will be “on the defensive” when 2024 begins with an unprecedented six-day strike over the salaries of young doctors in England that will have an effect on almost all care regimes. , with experts covering how the NHS prioritises urgent and urgent cases.
Flu and winter illnesses, combined with increased staff absences due to the coronavirus, are expected to increase pressure on people who will already be affected by the strike. Young doctors in England are expected to retire from Jan. 3 at 7 a. m. through Jan. 9 at 7 a. m.
At least 30 more people died after a series of strong earthquakes hit western Japan, and the government on Tuesday warned citizens in some areas to stay away from their homes due to the threat of more violent earthquakes.
Aftershocks continued to rattle Ishikawa Prefecture and nearby areas a day after a magnitude-7. 6 temblor struck the region on Monday afternoon.
Thirty other people were found dead in Ishikawa, authorities said. Seven other people were seriously injured, while damage to homes was so extensive that it may not be able to be assessed immediately, they said.
The prime minister has credited ‘relentless action’ after the government announced it met a target to clear a backlog of asylum claims.
The Home Office said on Monday that Rishi Sunak’s ‘commitment of clearing the legacy asylum backlog has been delivered’ and it had processed more than 112,000 asylum cases overall in 2023. Officials also made the ‘highest annual number of substantive decisions in a year since 2002’, it said.
But Labour accused the government of making false claims about meeting the target, with figures suggesting the department had fallen short of the number initially set to reach.
Relatives of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed on New Year’s Eve during a popular fireworks display in London have spoken of their devastation.
Harry Pitman was attacked while waiting to watch the fireworks display with friends near the Primrose Hill platform in Camden after an “altercation”, the Metropolitan Police said.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in custody at a north London police station.
Consumers will stop paying VAT on “essential and environmentally friendly” menstrual panties after a two-year campaign.
From 1 January, women will save an average of up to £2 on vintage panties (up to 16%) following Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s promise to scrap the tax in the Autumn 2023 Return.
This follows a crusade by brands, retailers, women’s teams and environmentalists dating back to 2021, when the ‘tampon tax’ wiped out other menstrual products such as pads, tampons and menstrual cups. However, a 20% tax was applied to menstrual panties, designed to be used as an alternative to the use of tampons and sanitary pads, maintained as they were classified as clothing.
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man on a layover in the southeastern city of Busan, police said.
Lee, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment following Tuesday’s incident.
Police and emergency services said he was conscious and not in critical condition, but his precise condition was unknown. The attack occurred as Lee was walking through a crowd of journalists and others after completing a layover at a new airport in Busan.
The number of migrants crossing the English Channel fell year-on-year for the first time since records began, with the total number of arrivals in 2023 down by more than a third from 2022, according to government figures.
The last crossings of the year took place on December 16, when another 55 people undertook the adventure from France on a single boat.
The provisional annual total for the year, 29,437, is 36% lower than the record 45,774 crossings for the whole of 2022. But it is still the second highest annual total on record, above the figure for 2021 (28,526).
There are bright spells in the central areas at first, reports BBC Weather, but the rain from the south will later spread northwards. A rainy start in the south, followed by sunny spells and showers in the evening. Wind in the north and south with gusts up to 70 mph. Temperatures between 8 and 14 degrees.
Tonight, persistent rain over northern regions will burn towards the northeast. Again, strong winds in the north and south. Showers elsewhere.
James, or Batch as he’s known, started at Car Dealer in 2010, first as a professional kid and eventually became editor-in-chief in 2013. He worked for Auto Express as an editor and the face of Carbuyer’s YouTube reviews. In 2020, he became independent and now writes for several national titles and is a regular contributor to Car Dealer. In October 2021, he became Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Car Dealer.
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