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Election 2024: the view from the UK’s most marginal constituency

Speaking about Northern Ireland in 1922, Winston Churchill expressed bewilderment that the radical transformation that had taken place across Europe as a result of the first world war had done nothing to change the basic terms of dispute in the region:

The Conversation

More than 250 patients a week ‘die needlessly due to long A&E waits’

Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said excessively long waits continue to put patients at risk of serious harm

Evening Standard

NHS across UK spends a ‘staggering’ £10bn on temporary staff

Exclusive: Hospitals and GP surgeries forced to rely on agency personnel and paying staff for expensive extra shifts

The Guardian - UK

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UK nurses’ leader says politicians only made modest progress with pay and staffing

Pat Cullen urges RCN members in new year message to ‘push ministers further’

The Guardian - UK

Nurses demand fresh negotiations over pay

It comes after the nation’s top doctor received a new pay offer.

The Independent UK

Victoria Atkins: Rishi's 'steady' new health secretary whose husband is a sugar baron

The former criminal barrister has been described as a "new Tory talent" and seasoned junior minister who is "definitely on the left of the party". So does her appointment signal a more liberal era? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Visa fees: Union bosses say piling costs on migrant NHS nurses is ‘short-sighted’

The Royal College of Nursing has condemned the Home Office visa fee increases

Evening Standard

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Landmark NHS recruitment plan in danger from applicant shortfall

The huge increase in students needed to fill medical training places, and supplying the staff to teach them, may not be feasible

The Guardian - UK

NHS in acute condition: the crisis facing the UK’s hospitals

Health professionals fear the country is heading for an autumn of strikes, a funding black hole and long waiting lists that will leave untreated patients in limbo

The Guardian - UK

NHS there ‘for homeless people to royalty’, but needs to care more for nurses

More needs to be done to support nurses on the ground, nursing leaders have said.

The Independent UK

Nurses strikes to end but now senior doctors vote to walk out

Senior medics threaten to strike over two days in July providing only ‘Christmas day’ levels of cover

The Independent UK

Nurses fail to vote in sufficient numbers for fresh strikes in England

Fewer than 50% of RCN members voted in ballot, falling short of proportion required for result to stand

The Guardian - UK

Nursing strike vote to be ‘close call’, says union leader

Royal College of Nursing boss Pat Cullen says members feeling ‘pain’ of previous industrial action as ballot to close on Friday

Evening Standard

NHS nurses strike in England could reach ‘end of the road’ this week

Royal College of Nursing raises doubts over whether enough members will get postal votes in on time

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The Independent UK

Unions criticise the Government after a year of strikes

A wave of industrial action has been held over the past 12 months, with many disputes remaining unresolved.

The Independent UK

Nurses ‘struggling to live’, union leader warns amid new strike ballot

The Royal College of Nursing is currently balloting members in England on further strike action over pay.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Frankie Boyle and Jenny Eclair battle it out in the Taskmaster finale

Boyle serenades a nearly dead dog while Eclair does wonders with water and a dart. Plus: nursing supremo Pat Cullen takes on the government in Strike: Inside the Unions. Here’s what to watch this evening.

The Guardian - UK

Strike: Inside the Unions review – will make you furious about MPs with £250k swimming pools

This documentary follows union leaders as they battle for workers’ pay rises. Brace for infuriating pundits and heartbreaking picket lines

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The Independent UK

Nurses start voting on whether to renew mandate for industrial action

Almost 300,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing in England are being balloted.

Evening Standard

Health Secretary Steve Barclay and nursing union leader Pat Cullen to meet as pay row continues

The Royal College of Nursing, that is holding its annual conference, has warned that strikes could go on until Christmas

The Independent UK

Health Secretary and nursing leader to meet as pay row continues

A Royal College of Nursing postal ballot on further industrial action will open on May 23 and close on June 23.

The Independent UK

Nursing leader urges Rishi Sunak to ‘get this job finished’ and end strikes

A postal ballot on further strike action will open on May 23 and close on June 23.

Evening Standard

Nursing union calls for new pay talks as teachers and doctors hold strike ballots

Senior doctors and teachers are being balloted for strike action

Daily Mirror

Nurses still in strong position in bitter pay row with Tories, says union boss

Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen urged the Government to return to the negotiating table, as the RCN's annual congress got underway in Brighton

The Independent UK

Nurses are living in poverty, says RCN chief Pat Cullen

Nurses are to be balloted over the prospect of further strikes after rejecting the Government’s revised pay offer.

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