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Nurses snubbed at top-level meeting on NHS pressures

Downing Street emergency forum hosted by prime minister and attended by

09 Jan 2023
Crunch talks on NHS disputes called ‘bitterly disappointing’

Downing St meeting prompts anger over claim that NHS staff need to be m

09 Jan 2023
NHS pay: RCN leader calls on ministers to meet her ‘half way’

RCN general secretary prepares to go head to head with ministers – but government ins

06 Jan 2023
Atrial fibrillation: symptoms, risk factors, assessment and management

Researchers tested four varieties of biscuit to determine which was best for a time-poor n

06 Jan 2023
NHS crisis can’t be solved without fixing social care – health leaders’ stark warning

Health service crisis can’t be resolved without boosting adult social care capacity first,

06 Jan 2023
New laws will aim to curtail nurses’ right to strike

Government expects to reach voluntary agreements on staffing in healthc

05 Jan 2023

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says poor pay is a massive part of NHS crisis and that his

05 Jan 2023
PM hints at steps to avert more strikes by nurses

Remarks by Rishi Sunak provide first suggestion that government may be

04 Jan 2023
NHS staffing: we’d boost preregistration education, Labour reaffirms

Shadow health minister reaffirms Labour promise to bolster preregistration nurse education

04 Jan 2023

Trades Union Congress general secretary wrote to Rishi Sunak to demand a resolution amid a

04 Jan 2023

Health Foundation suggests that the government has budgeted a 2% pay rise for NHS staff ne

03 Jan 2023
Nurses left high and dry as pressure mounts on ministers to open pay talks

Senior NHS official calls for talks to avert further strikes amid press

03 Jan 2023

After a year dominated by COVID-19, workforce pressures and historic strike action, nurses

30 Dec 2022

Services at 55 trusts in England will be affected unless government agrees to come to the t

23 Dec 2022

Health secretary wants nurses to accept current offer and call off strik

22 Dec 2022

Old hands have been giving their tips to newly qualified nurses on making the best of their

22 Dec 2022

Ballot of RCN Scotland members saw 82% reject offer of around 8% by the Holyrood government

21 Dec 2022

Dates and hospitals for walkouts in January will be set unless governmen

21 Dec 2022

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