Nursing pay for 2026-27: what NHS staff will be paid in each of the UK nations
Find out your new pay rate – a band-by-band breakdown for Agenda for Change staff
What’s the most expensive place to be a nurse?
The cost of living for nurses varies substantially in different nations of the UK
Nurses reject pay offer as it falls short of giving them parity
Nurses in Northern Ireland refuse deal that fails to bring them in line with England
Now restore nurses’ pay, union tells Northern Ireland’s leaders
RCN demands urgent action to give nurses and others parity with rest of UK
Pay parity and safe staffing: nurses' views from the picket lines
Nurses in Northern Ireland take to picket lines amid failure to implement pay award
Nurses to strike over lack of pay parity in Northern Ireland
Nurses to join day of action over failure to receive pay award in line with UK colleagues
Ban on expensive nursing agencies in bid to curb spending
Step by Northern Ireland’s health and social care trusts aims to rein in agency spending
Nurse raises safety concerns after grandmother’s 14-hour ED wait
Hospital department described as ‘chaotic’ and overcrowded, with staff struggling to cope
Pay dispute: 48-hour strike in September will go ahead if stalemate continues
‘Don’t leave us behind,’ say nurses calling for equal pay deal for all UK nurses
Lost nursing student places saved by outside funding
Backing by Dublin for 200 university places in North, nurses can work both sides of border
Nursing student cuts will ‘devastate patient care for years to come’
RCN members protest at Stormont in Belfast about loss of 300 training places
Failed pay talks leave nurses no closer to new deal
Nurses in Northern Ireland left in limbo as talks stall and parity with England unclear
Nurse faces 225-mile commute despite mounting local vacancies
Northern Ireland trusts have acknowledged delays to recruitment process
Nurse faces 225-mile commute despite mounting local vacancies
Northern Ireland trusts have acknowledged delays to recruitment process
Delayed pay offer to nurses in Northern Ireland rejected
Offer similar to those in England and Wales dismissed as RCN says strikes will go ahead
Nursing students to see rise in bursary, mileage allowance
Move seeks to soften impact of cost of living crisis on students with families
Northern Ireland nurses to join other UK nations in industrial action ballot
Health workers in NI, who have not received a 2022-23 pay offer, will be included in RCN vote
Relief for Northern Ireland community nurses as temporary increased mileage rates agreed
Health minister Robin Swann announces an increased allowance to be reviewed in six months