Consultants and junior doctors across England walked out this week for a joint, three-day strike between 2 and 4 October.
The NHS workforce in Wales cost £5.64bn in 2022/23, with £325m spent on agency staff, according to a data briefing from Audit Wales.
Analysis by the Health Foundation shows that if current trends continue, the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England could exceed eight million by August 2024, if there is no further strike action, before starting to fall.
The number of acute inpatient and outpatient appointments rescheduled due to strike action in the NHS is now over one million, following the historic joint strikes carried out by junior doctors and consultants last week.
Executive and senior management in the NHS in Scotland are set to receive a pay uplift of 6.5% or £3,755, whichever is smaller, according to a circular released by the Scottish government.
The government must fix the £4bn hole in council funding for 2024/25 or risk more councils in England going bankrupt, says the cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee.