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Nurses will start voting on Thursday on whether to strike over pay amid warnings that record numbers are leaving the profession. Around 300,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are being asked if they want to mount a campaign of ...

06 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Pay nurses a ‘decent wage’, RCN urges as it ballots on strike action

The only way to prevent nurses leaving the NHS and to fill thousands of vacancies is to pay them a “decent wage”, the head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said as the union ballots on strike action. For the first time in its ...

06 Oct 2022 at 16:03

Nurses to start voting next month on whether to strike over pay

Nurses will start voting next month on whether to strike over pay in what is being described as a “defining moment” for the profession. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said it will be recommending hundreds of thousands of its ...

09 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Nurses to start voting next month on whether to strike over pay

09 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Key dates for strikes and potential industrial action affecting the UK

Further strikes are expected across the UK amid continuing industrial disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Strikes or ballots for industrial action have become a regular occurrence as workers across the country join the ...

07 Oct 2022 at 20:35

Nurses’ strike ballot: Who is Pat Cullen?

The Royal College of Nursing’s general secretary Pat Cullen has said nursing is in her blood. She is the youngest of six girls, four of whom went on to become nurses. She also has a brother whom her family tried to ...

06 Oct 2022 at 12:31

Government urged to pay nurses a ‘decent wage’ as RCN ballots on strike action

Paying nurses a “decent wage” is the only way to prevent them leaving the NHS and to fill thousands of vacancies, the head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said as the union ballots on strike action. For ...

06 Oct 2022 at 20:41

Nursing union has ‘chink of optimism’ over Sunak’s ‘little pay shift’

Rishi Sunak raised a glimmer of hope over the nursing strikes by saying he was willing to discuss pay, but indicated he would not negotiate over the current deal. Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary ...

08 Jan 2023 at 21:54

Door always open for talks to avert NHS staff strikes, insists Sunak

The Prime Minister has said the “door is always open” for dialogue with trade unions representing healthcare workers ahead of a fresh wave of strikes in bitter pay disputes. Rishi Sunak spoke about coming from ...

04 Jan 2023 at 16:42

Ministers hold series of talks with union bosses in bid to avert strikes

Ministers will hold a series of meetings with union leaders as they seek to prevent future strikes over pay in the NHS, in class rooms and on the rails. Health Secretary Steve Barclay will meet with leaders ...

09 Jan 2023 at 04:42

‘We’ve had enough’ – Boris Johnson’s intensive care nurse

The nurse who cared for Boris Johnson when he became seriously ill with Covid-19 has said that nurses have “had enough”. Jenny McGee resigned in 2021, citing the Government’s pay offer and its “lack of ...

15 Dec 2022 at 22:16

Nurses in Wales go on strike with ‘significant impact’ on services expected

Nurses in Wales will join those around the UK by going on strike for the first time, with the move expected to have a “significant impact” on services. Staff in all but one of the country’s health ...

15 Dec 2022 at 03:45

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