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Help! Tell me why you still love your job, despite all the pressures in the NHS
Nursing student issues Twitter appeal, and nurses’ replies are inspiring
13 Jan 2023
NHS pay talks: fresh strike dates imminent after unions reject one-off payment offer
Hopes of averting further nurses’ strikes in Wales end as RCN criticises ministers’ stance
12 Jan 2023
Tell your manager if you’re struggling to cope as winter pressures mount, urges NMC
Your employer has a duty of care to you, and you need that more than ever, says regulator
12 Jan 2023
Healthcare unions to boycott pay review body while current dispute unresolved
Unions call NHS review body too slow and demand direct talks with ministers in next pay round
11 Jan 2023
Day of protest to target proposed anti-strike law
TUC plans events against law it fears could see nurses and others face dismissal for striking
11 Jan 2023
Ministers introduce bill that could reduce nurses’ right to strike
Government’s Strikes Bill proposes to enforce NHS staffing quotas during industrial action
10 Jan 2023
Food banks in your workplace: the no-questions-asked support too many staff need
Survey shows how NHS charities and employers are trying to alleviate workers’ food poverty
10 Jan 2023
Nurses snubbed at top-level meeting on NHS pressures
Emergency forum hosted by prime minister fails to invite nursing leaders, prompting criticism
09 Jan 2023
Crunch talks on NHS disputes called ‘bitterly disappointing’
Downing St talks prompt anger over claim NHS staff must be more productive to earn pay rise
09 Jan 2023
NHS pay: RCN leader calls on ministers to meet her ‘half way’
Union braced to sit down with government as it battles to get 2022/23 offer on the agenda
06 Jan 2023
To dunk or not to dunk? The best biscuit for a quick tea break
Researchers tested four varieties to determine which was best for a time-poor nurse
06 Jan 2023
NHS crisis can’t be solved without fixing social care – health leaders’ stark warning
Nurse shortage and other capacity issues in adult care must be a top political priority
06 Jan 2023
New laws will aim to curtail nurses’ right to strike
Voluntary agreements targeted in healthcare but mandatory staff levels in other key sectors
05 Jan 2023
‘We’ll broker a fair pay deal for nurses’, vows Labour leader
In a new year’s speech Sir Keir Starmer said poor pay was a massive part of crisis facing NHS
05 Jan 2023
PM hints at steps to avert more strikes by nurses
Sunak remarks suggest softening of stance on refusing direct talks to resolve pay dispute
04 Jan 2023
NHS staffing: we’d boost preregistration education, Labour reaffirms
Shadow minister insists service bottlenecks pre-date pandemic, or this winter’s pressures
04 Jan 2023
New TUC boss urges prime minister to resolve nurse pay disputes
Trades Union Congress general secretary wrote to Rishi Sunak amid a wave of strikes
04 Jan 2023
Union condemns potential 2% pay rise for nurses
Health Foundation warns pay award would risk further aggravating NHS’s staffing crisis
03 Jan 2023