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Call for reforms to ‘critically undermined’ pay review bodies
TUC Congress urges change, including limiting the influence of government
13 Sep 2023
Strike law that could see nurses sacked is reported to UN watchdog
TUC lodges case with UN agency over ‘undemocratic’ law restricting strikes by nurses
11 Sep 2023
Promised pay rise for general practice nurses should hit bank accounts ‘shortly’
Government confirmed it is to put extra funding into GP contracts to reflect the pay award
06 Sep 2023
Deadlock ends as RCN Wales members vote to accept pay offer
Welsh Government’s offer included improvements to flexible working and overtime payments
04 Sep 2023
Safe staffing strikes: September dates set at four London trusts
Nurses set to join Unite walkouts in ongoing dispute over fair pay and compromised care
01 Sep 2023
NHS pay must rise if long-term workforce plan is to succeed, says IFS
Workforce targets will only be met if salaries are able to attract and retain staff
30 Aug 2023
Consultation launched on law that could see striking nurses sacked
Ministers seek views on how anti-strike law should work but unions still pledge to oppose it
29 Aug 2023
Nurses’ lives inspire play premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe
Playwright drew on more than 50 nurses’ own words to explore the pressures NHS staff face
18 Aug 2023
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
16 Aug 2023
Anti-strike law: what does it mean and can I be compelled to work?
The power the legislation gives employers, and the implications for future strike action
16 Aug 2023
Does your pay band match your competency and responsibilities?
NHS Pay Review Body calls for review on nurse bandings to be completed swiftly
07 Aug 2023
District and community nurses threaten new strikes after missing out on pay awards
Nurses lost thousands over technicality that deemed them not employed directly by NHS trusts
02 Aug 2023
General practice nurses urged to lobby for promised 6% public sector pay rise
Nurses are being advised to confirm with employers they will get what they are entitled to
25 Jul 2023
Nurses will vote on improved offer for flexible working and other non-pay elements
RCN members in Wales are being asked to vote on the offer after fresh negotiations
21 Jul 2023
Bill that could see nurses sacked for striking becomes law
Controversial law means nurses face dismissal if they defy a work notice during strikes
20 Jul 2023
Bigger pay rise for nurses would make little impact on inflation
Report contradicts ministers and says double-digit pay rise would hardly affect inflation
18 Jul 2023
Agency cover during strikes: High Court deals blow to ministers’ ‘anti-strike’ agenda
Health unions win legal challenge to law allowing temporary staff to cover nurses’ shifts
14 Jul 2023
Start talks with nurses on 2024-25 NHS pay deal in autumn, union urges government
Unison brands NHS pay review body a failure and calls on ministers to scrap it
06 Jul 2023