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A group of health visitors in south Wales hold banners, flags and signs during strike action in March

Nurses fight for band 7 status after missing out on £9,000 pay rise

Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal

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Critical care staff on strike earlier in their dispute

Bank pay cuts: our trust expects band 7 nurses to take shifts at band 5 rates

Critical care staff plan fresh strike action in continuing dispute over reduced pay rates

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Save our paid breaks! NHS staff begin strike ballot in row over new contracts

Anger as trust claims ending staff’s 20-minutes of paid time out from shift promotes ‘equity’

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Nurse contract dispute: Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop, where the ICU nurses exclusively work

ICU team in dispute over contract changes face deadline and job loss threat

Nurses say they were banned from working and their pay docked during non-strike action

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 Industrial action: health union Unite is supporting health visitors working at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in South Wales over their pay bands dispute

Nurses to strike over ‘deliberate downgrading’ of pay bands

Health visitors in dispute with employer claim they should be paid at band 7

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Intensive care unit nurses at Bassetlaw Hospital, Nottinghamshire, are taking five-day strike action from 15-19 December over plans to rotate between Bassetlaw and Doncaster Royal Infirmary

Nurses’ strike: ICU staff take to the picket line over rotation plans

Intensive care nurses at Bassetlaw Hospital strike again over hospital rotation plans

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Bassetlaw Hospital sees fewer very sick patients, says trust

ICU nurses strike over plans to rotate them to another hospital

Trust says it wants nurses to see more complex patients but nurses fear losing their unit

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From chief nurse to Archbishop of Canterbury: Dame Sarah Mullally
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From chief nurse to first female Archbishop of Canterbury

Dame Sarah Mullally’s journey from chief nursing officer for England to senior bishop

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Nurses at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde stage a protest in August 2025 for ‘fair and appropriate’ pay banding

District nurses could go on strike over pay banding dispute

Indicative ballot shows ‘overwhelming’ willingness to strike over job description evaluations

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Picture shows Unison members taking part in previous industrial action 

NHS pay award: staff are prepared to take strike action, warns union

Majority of NHS Unison members who took part in consultation vote to reject 2025-26 award

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A picket line during a previous nurses’ strike. Options now include holding a ballot on industrial action or on action short of a strike.

3.6% is not enough: what happens now, after AfC staff’s resounding message over pay rise

Unions’ pay consultations leave no room for doubt – so could another NHS pay strike loom?

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Cardiac theatre nurses at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, have won a dispute over being forced to repay compensatory rest hours after on-call shifts

Exhausted theatre nursing staff win long-running compensatory rest breaks dispute

Staff at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, were forced to repay rest hours after shifts

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ICU strike threat: trust’s redeployment plan could heighten burnout risk – union

But trust claims ICU nurses could become deskilled by current lack of more complex caseload

Nurse pay: ‘offensive’ 2.8% proposal is worth just £2 a day

Government says rise of over 2.8% would be difficult in its NHS Pay Review Body evidence

Nurse pay: ‘offensive’ 2.8% proposal is worth just £2 a day

Government says rise of over 2.8% would be difficult in its NHS Pay Review Body evidence

NHS pay: can nurses expect a better deal in 2025?

After a frustrating year, we consider what needs to change to secure a fairer pay deal

More nurses reject NHS pay award: what happens next?

Nursing staff in Wales have voted to reject the 5.5% pay award on offer for 2024-25

Our poll reveals nurses want pay rise like junior doctors, as NHS gets budget boost

Nursing Standard poll shows majority support demands for 22% rise and reject current award

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Nurses fight for band 7 status after missing out on £9,000 pay rise

Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal

Bank pay cuts: our trust expects band 7 nurses to take shifts at band 5 rates

Critical care staff plan fresh strike action in continuing dispute over reduced pay rates

Save our paid breaks! NHS staff begin strike ballot in row over new contracts
Anger as trust claims ending staff’s 20-minutes of paid time out from shift promotes ‘equity’
ICU team in dispute over contract changes face deadline and job loss threat
Nurses say they were banned from working and their pay docked during non-strike action
Nurses to strike over ‘deliberate downgrading’ of pay bands
Health visitors in dispute with employer claim they should be paid at band 7