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NHS pay: delay to next deal looks likely as minister emphasises need for ‘affordability’
Health unions accuse government of trying to interfere in pay review body’s independence
21 Dec 2023
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NHS strikes one year on: how nursing staff took a historic stand with public’s support
Look back at what nurses told us on the picket lines, and why the campaign isn’t over
15 Dec 2023
Pay review: delay inevitable as government yet to trigger 2024-25 process
Any pay deal decided will not be completed before new financial year
14 Dec 2023
A year on from NHS industrial action, what has changed for nurses?
After the hard-won pay deal, we ask our readers’ panel how they feel about the dispute now
14 Dec 2023
Your right to strike: condemnation for law limiting nurses’ scope for industrial action
Act could be legal breach, say unions and other groups monitoring post-Brexit rule changes
06 Dec 2023
You can’t blame nurses’ strikes for record NHS waiting lists, minister told
Health and social care secretary said industrial action is one cause of backlogs
05 Dec 2023
New anti-strike code of practice approved by MPs, despite human rights concerns
Government anti-strike measures called ‘a brazen attack on the right to strike’
30 Nov 2023
NHS pay deal: reopen talks with nurses, union leader urges government
Consultants’ better deal exposes injustice our female-dominated profession faces – RCN
29 Nov 2023
Consultants’ pay deal highlights ‘galling’ disparity for nurses
NHS nurses received the lowest public sector pay deal, with no promise of pay scale reform
27 Nov 2023
Government launches new bid to allow agency staff to cover strike shifts
The ‘provocative’ proposal would escalate disputes and endanger public, say unions
17 Nov 2023
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Author’s tale of pandemic journey – and what he owes to nurses
Michael Rosen reflects in our podcast on intensive care and his admiration for nurses
16 Nov 2023
Steve Barclay removed as health secretary, replaced by Victoria Atkins
Priorities for Ms Atkins seen as getting NHS extra funding and resolving industrial action
13 Nov 2023
Off-duty staff urged to report for work as trust tries to cope with ‘extreme pressure’
Major NHS trust issues urgent appeal for available registered and unregistered staff
31 Oct 2023
Investment in nursing vital as NHS wait list could top eight million
Health Foundation analysis prompts calls for urgent action after ‘decade of underinvestment’
27 Oct 2023
NHS strike is about politics, not concern for patients, PM tells Tory faithful
Rishi Sunak condemns timing of latest walkout by nurses and other NHS professionals
05 Oct 2023
Hospital staff stage three days of strikes over pay and staffing
Union claims surge in nursing membership at one emergency department thanks to pay battle
02 Oct 2023
Nurse’s anger at Tory MP for ‘twisting my words to fit your agenda’
Holly Turner criticises Mark Jenkinson for editing what she said on BBC’s Question Time
27 Sep 2023
Strikes: minimum service levels could force hospital nurses to work
New consultation could affect nurses in urgent, emergency and ‘time-critical’ services
19 Sep 2023