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Four-day junior doctors strike set to cripple UK health service

Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system that one official has warned could be “catastrophic” and postpone up to 350,000 appointments.

United Kingdom

UK government unveils budget amid mass industrial action

Expanding child care provision and boosting employment are key elements of the UK's new budget announced on Wednesday.

Health news

Is sex the ultimate cure for hiccups?

The medical literature on intractable hiccups suggests very unusual cures.

Health news

This futuristic telemedicine booth aims to tackle doctor shortages

Inside this hi-tech telemedicine cabin, patients carry out their own physical exam, guided by a doctor on a video call. I gave it a try.

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Europe News

Russian forces are 'inhumane' and use torture, Mariupol survivor says

Ukrainian military medic Yulia "Taira" Paievska was captured by Russian forces during the siege of the key port city. She talked to Euronews in Brussels about her experience.

Turkey

Doctor arrested after calling for Turkish army chemical weapons probe

Ankara has denounced allegations of chemical weapons as a campaign of "disinformation".

Italy

Italy: Working conditions force an exodus of emergency room staff

"Almost 50% of positions in emergency medicine remained vacant (in 2022), and many of those who fill these positions eventually decide to leave", the National Secretary of the doctors' union ANAAO told Euronews.

Portugal

Portugal's health minister resigns amid hospital staff shortage crisis

Marta Temido has been broadly criticised over her handling of recent staffing problems at public hospitals.

Austria

Tributes to doctor found dead after COVID-19 anti-vax hate campaign

Austrian authorities say Lisa-Maria Kellermayr committed suicide after she closed her practice, citing months of threats from opponents of coronavirus measures and vaccines.

Turkey

Turkish healthcare workers go on strike after cardiologist shot dead

Doctors and nurses have called for better working conditions to protect them from violence.

Germany

German lawmakers vote to end Nazi-era ban on ‘advertising’ abortions

Doctors will be no longer be prosecuted if they give prospective patients information about abortions.

France

French medics protest over hospital crisis, deepened by COVID-19

Years of cost cuts left medics submerged when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and are now forcing emergency rooms to cut services.

Europe Decoded

Meet the doctor fighting fake news about monkeypox on TikTok

A US-based paediatrician has been fighting medical misinformation about monkeypox on social media.

Ukraine

Concern for medic who filmed Mariupol horror, captured by Russians

Yuliia Paievska, or 'Taira', helped wounded soldiers and civilians from both sides and is one of hundreds of prominent Ukrainians kidnapped or captured by Russia.

Georgia

Ex-Georgian President Saakashvili in danger of death, warn doctors

Saakashvili's health has been weakened after he twice went on hunger strike to protest against his imprisonment.

Germany

Germany moves to abolish Nazi-era abortion law

German doctors are currently banned from providing information on abortions and face fines or prison sentences.

People

Meet the woman offering free retreats to ‘overwhelmed’ health workers

Jools Sampson's company has been offering free spaces to frontline NHS staff since 2020, but now needs some help to continue.

Syria

Syrian doctor goes on trial in Germany accused of torture

It is the second such case in Germany after a former Syrian colonel was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity last week.

Poland

Doctors resign from Poland's COVID council over government 'inaction'

13 of the 17 members of the Prime Minister's dedicated council have stepped down.

Spain

Spanish doctors compensated for lack of PPE at start of pandemic

The claim brought by a doctor’s union is the first of its kind to be won in Spain.