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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
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
Nurses may see shorter working week if AfC recommendations approved
Scottish Government also considering pay changes and protected learning time
28 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
‘Short-sighted’ autumn statement brings no money for NHS
Critics point to £1.7bn financial hole and say waiting times and staffing levels will worsen
22 Nov 2023
Renewed calls to add long-COVID to list of occupational diseases
Nurses ‘doubly let down’ as government fails to allow access to benefits support
20 Nov 2023
Bank nurses’ belated COVID backlog bonus victory – but others could still lose out
Union calls on other NHS trusts to include bank staff in one-off bonus payment
17 Nov 2023
NHS waiting list: lengthening care backlog outpaces growth in nurse numbers
Workforce expansion fails to come close to increase in waits for NHS appointments
16 Nov 2023
New health and social care secretary: I want to end strikes and cut waiting lists
Rishi Sunak promotes Victoria Atkins to become seventh holder of the role in as many years
14 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
UK one of four OECD countries to pay nurses less than the average wage
Global report slammed as ‘source of shame’ as UK’s healthcare spending is exposed
09 Nov 2023
COVID bonus payment extended to social enterprises and others
Nurses delivering NHS services at councils and charities will also receive the bonus
06 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
Clocks are going back – but where’s the extra hour’s pay?
We asked Nursing Standard readers whether the extra hour on shift should mean extra pay
27 Oct 2023
Bank and social enterprise staff cut out of COVID bonus: ministers face legal battle
Court bid to secure one-off bonus for nurses on AfC contracts not employed by NHS trusts
26 Oct 2023
Delay in general practice staff’s salary rise exposes inequality in funding of nurse pay
‘Thousands’ of GPNs may not have received their promised money, unlike NHS counterparts
25 Oct 2023
Rise in retired NHS nurses returning to work after pension change
Nurses use ‘retire-and-return’ option more than other retired staff groups
24 Oct 2023