Britain on Wednesday celebrates 75 years of its National Health Service (NHS), with royals, politicians, staff, and patients expressing pride in its past and determination that it will endure in the future despite current challenges.
An advanced nurse practitioner in the UK was congratulated on Twitter for heading up a complete TAVI procedure ― docs on both sides of the Atlantic roared back.
Senior doctors in England have voted for industrial action over a pay dispute, leaving the state-run health service facing deep disruption next month when junior doctors are also planning to walk out.
Junior doctors in England plan to stage more strikes in June, their union said, meaning more strain for the state-run health service, NHS, after pay negotiations with the government collapsed on Monday without a resolution.