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Nurses’ strike live: news and pictures from day five

Nurses in England take part in fifth round of industrial action today as their fight

06 Feb 2023
Nurses’ strikes suspended in Wales as union members ponder fresh pay offer

Union members will be asked to vote on fresh offer as their leader calls on prime minister

03 Feb 2023
Your pay rise is not our top priority, prime minister Sunak tells NHS nurses

Rishi Sunak insists ‘massive’ pay rise for nurses is not possible amid competing demands f

03 Feb 2023

Nursing Standard readers responded on Twitter – and proper breaks, free parking and compas

03 Feb 2023

RCN’s Patricia Marquis brands government failure to submit its evidence on next year’s pay

02 Feb 2023
Lucy Letby: ‘nurse injected air into baby’s stomach in third attempt to kill her’

Prosecution alleges neonatal unit nurse’s third attempt to murder child failed, but she we

02 Feb 2023

With 100,000 signatures from nurses and the public, RCN’s Patricia Marquis visited Number

02 Feb 2023
‘Sacking nurses bill’ moves a step closer to becoming law

The bill, which could see nurses and other key workers sacked for faili

01 Feb 2023

Thousands of people sign petition urging the government reduce unaffordable indefinite lea

31 Jan 2023

‘I’m still expecting evidence,’ says NHS Pay Review Body chair, and failure to supply it m

31 Jan 2023
Thousands of nurses with long-COVID to see sick pay slashed

Special sick pay brought in during the pandemic for NHS staff will end

31 Jan 2023

Changes will make it easier for overseas nurses to pass their English language exam to wor

30 Jan 2023

Nurse set up screening at her NHS trust to support staff struggling to keep appointments at

27 Jan 2023

Sir Rod speaks out on conditions in the NHS that are ‘heartbreaking for the nurses’, and ca

27 Jan 2023

Multicoloured containers supported anaesthetists to select the correct syringes in study te

27 Jan 2023

Campaigners hope ruling will pave way for better financial support for nurses and other hea

26 Jan 2023

Structured leave from work could have helped many nurses and improved retention of an exper

26 Jan 2023

Regulator’s amendments to education standards will affect the future of UK-trained nurses p

25 Jan 2023

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