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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
Sturgeon: it will be ‘very hard’ to avert nurse strikes in Scotland
First minister says ‘we have no more money’ to increase pay offer, as RCN prepares to strike
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
Promises of extra care home places mean little without adequate nurse staffing
Solve long-term workforce crisis ahead of trying short-term fixes, government is urged
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
Nurses in pilot scheme to assess care home residents for dementia
Move follows a successful trial in Norfolk that saw 95 people receive a dementia diagnosis
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