Health News from the BBC

1. Junior doctors plan nine days of strikes, after talks collapse

   Walkouts are planned on three days in the run-up to Christmas and six days in the new year.

2. Infected Blood Scandal: PM risks ending on 'wrong side of history'

   Campaigners say the government works "at a snails pace" to compensate victims infected with HIV or hepatitis C.

3. Humiliated Covid whistleblower says boss tried to 'break' her

   A senior doctor gives her first interview since being awarded a record £3.2m payout at a tribunal.

4. Ministers lose infected blood vote after Tory MPs revolt

   MPs were voting on a plan to set up a compensation scheme for infected blood scandal victims.

5. Care sector fears migration changes are a step back

   Many in social care believe overseas staff saved the system from collapse, reports Alison Holt.