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Operating Theatre doors at a UK NHS Hospital. Image: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock

Bedford Hospital theatre staff strike in ongoing overtime pay dispute

Operating theatre staff at Bedford Hospital have taken strike action again in a dispute over overtime pay cuts that union leaders say leave some workers up to £120 worse off per shift...
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Operating Theatre doors at a UK NHS Hospital. Image: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock

Hospital theatre staff strike over overtime pay cuts

Bedford Hospital theatre staff are striking today over disputed cuts to their overtime pay. Operating theatre staff at Bedford Hospital have launched a two-day strike today in protest against...
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Operating Theatre doors at a UK NHS Hospital. Image: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock

Bedfordshire hospital theatre staff vote for strike action in overtime pay dispute

Operating theatre staff at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have voted for strike action in a dispute over changes to overtime payments. UNISON said staff at Bedford and Luton & Dunstable...
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Bedford Hospital Image: Dr Robert Oakley

NHS urges Bedford patients to keep appointments during resident doctors’ strikes

Patients across the East of England are being asked to attend all scheduled NHS appointments as planned during a five-day strike by resident (junior) doctors which started at 7 am today...
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Darren Roe, Stagecoach. Image: Stagecoach East

Passengers warned of reduced bus service as drivers vote to strike on dates throughout July and August

A reduced Stagecoach bus service will run in Bedfordhire on dates in July and August after bus drivers turned down a pay offer. The affected dates include the weekend of the Bedford River Festival...
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Thameslink and EMR trains out of Bedford cancelled over two days due to ASLEF strike

There will be no Thameslink or EMR services out of Bedford on Wednesday, 8 May, due to industrial action by ASLEF. The strikes are part of a long-running dispute over pay with ASLEF union...
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Bedford Greenacre Independent School staff striking over pension changes. Image: Bedford Independent

Staff striking at a Bedford independent school over claims of “fire and re-hire” tactics

NEU Members at Bedford Greenacre Independent School (BGI) began two days of strike action today, in response to what they claim are "fire and re-hire tactics" forcing those included in the...
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Health boss says junior doctors strikes “most dangerous industrial action plans” NHS has ever seen

Junior doctors’ upcoming strikes are the “most dangerous industrial action plans” that the NHS has ever seen, a borough council meeting heard. Sarah Stanley, Bedford, Luton and...
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Four-day strike by junior doctors will cause “major disruption”, according to a local GP

A planned four-day strike by junior doctors across Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes and the rest of the country will cause “major disruption”, according to the GP who is the chief medical director...
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999 available for life and limb emergencies during strikes but you may have to get yourself to hospital

With strikes by GMB Union and UNISON members planned in the coming days, the East of England Ambulance Service Trust EEAST has asked people to "stay safe" during industrial action...
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