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i had my first cancer diagnosed about six or seven years ago. that waiting time is very, very hard. i don t think until you have been through it, you can actually understand it. despite the walk out, some hospitals are able to continue with some routine operations, but it is a mixed picture. the full impact on cancellations will not be known for a few days. one thing we re seeing that is different from other strike days is that demand for care has been sustained. in previous strike days, we saw that drop. it means the nhs is trying to keep things going, it was already overstretched, but it has fewer resources at its disposal. the government says the bma s pay claim is completely unaffordable. it s urged officials to call off the strike and enter into pay talks along with other health unions in england, and help bring this ongoing dispute to an end. katharine da costa, bbc news. new employment figures showjob vacancies in the uk have fallen for the eighth time in a row. ....
As you say, the market relatively flat overall but they are still a lot of vacancies by historic standards and employers are struggling to find the people they need so the bigger problem is where are the workers coming from rather than where are the jobs coming from. yes, it seems counterintuitive because anecdotally we all know business owners and the service sector, people who say, i can t get the staff, and we hear it across a variety of sectors, so what is going on, why can t they get the staff? through the pandemic a lot of people left the labour market, especially those over the age of 50 but also people with health problems and disabilities, so about a million fewer people in the workforce compared to pre pandemic, so that it is the shrinking workforce that employers are struggling with the ....