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Nurses to vote on pay deal amid concerns of industrial action

Around 345,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing will be asked if the pay award is enough.

Evening Standard

Dame June Clark obituary

Forthright president of the Royal College of Nursing who later became a government adviser

The Guardian - UK

Why are doctors threatening strike action over a 4% pay rise?

Ministers previously said they could only afford a rise of 2.8 per cent in 2025-26

The Independent UK

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Doctors threaten strike action after 4% pay rise announcement

The British Medical Association, the union representing doctors, has said the pay rise does not go far enough in restoring historical pay freezes.

The Independent UK

Nurse in trans doctor case demands clarity from union on single-sex spaces

The Royal College of Nursing reportedly wrote to an English health board claiming it was breaking the law with its changing room policy.

Evening Standard

Nurses ‘not taken seriously’ because profession is majority female, union boss says

Nurses’ patience “will run out” warns the union boss

The Independent UK

Nursing ‘not taken seriously’ because profession is 90% female, union boss says

Professor Nicola Ranger of the Royal College of Nursing said patience is starting to run out.

The Independent UK

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‘I slept in my car just to attend classes’: Inside the financial hardship faced by student nurses at university

‘It was the lowest point in my life,’ says Jess Dodds, a student nurse who was forced to sleep in her car

The Independent UK

Cosmetic surgery being conducted in ‘living rooms and Airbnbs’, MPs hear

There have been calls for legislation which would mean only qualified surgeons can conduct certain procedures.

Evening Standard

New immigration measures will fuel ‘exodus’ of migrant nurses, union warns

A survey by the RCN of 3,000 migrant nurses found more than four in 10 internationally educated nurses are planning to leave the country.

The Independent UK

People in mental health crisis waiting up to three days in A&E in England

Royal College of Nursing findings described as ‘a scandal in plain sight’ with with conditions ‘close to torture’

The Guardian - UK

Mental health patients waiting days in A&E ‘scandal in plain sight’, says RCN

The Royal College of Nursing has called for ‘urgent and sustained’ investment in community services to ensure patients get timely care.

The Independent UK

Nurses hint at escalation if profession is left ‘ailing and underpaid’

Experts warned over unsafe staffing levels.

Evening Standard

NHS nurses could go on strike over 25% erosion in pay, union boss warns

Exclusive: RCN’s Nicola Ranger says nurses could ‘bare our teeth’ as they seek restoration of lost earnings since 2010

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Tens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last year

Patients in England aged 65 or over made up almost 70% of long ‘trolley waits’, with some left for up to 10 days, data reveals

The Independent UK

Forgive student nurse loans to boost recruitment and retention, RCN says

Bursaries for student nurses and midwives were scrapped in 2016.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers delaying inquiry into treatment of migrant carers, RCN says

Exclusive: Nursing union says it continues to receive complaints about low pay, unfit housing and illegal fees

Evening Standard

Some GP surgery nurses ‘yet to receive pay rise’

Leading nurses have called for reform to the way nurses in GP surgeries are paid.

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Evening Standard

Number of mature students applying for university courses in UK plummets

The Royal College of Nursing has called on the Government to address the ‘workforce crisis’ and urgently launch a student recruitment campaign.

Evening Standard

Almost one in five has received or witnessed ‘corridor care’, poll finds

The RCN is calling for action to tackle to issue.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on corridor care: the normalisation of crisis is shocking

Editorial: A&E nurses should not be delivering care in hallways. The result is increased suffering

The Guardian - UK

Burnout, shame, heartbreak: nurses are being crushed by our broken NHS

A shocking Royal College of Nursing report reveals the toll chronic underfunding has taken on staff, and rings alarm bells for the future

Evening Standard

Swinney in apology to patients who have ‘unsatisfactory experience’ in hospital

It comes after a report from the Royal College of Nursing warned of a ‘corridor care crisis’ across the NHS.

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney accuses Anas Sarwar of 'epitomising Labour dishonesty' in FMQs clash

JOHN Swinney accused Anas Sarwar of epitomising “the fundamental dishonesty” of the Labour Party in a heated clash at First Minister Questions…

The National (Scotland)

'Distressing' nurse testimony in new report outlines 'devastating NHS collapse'

Scotland’s NHS has been hit with a “devastating collapse in care standards”, with patients “routinely coming to harm” and unable to access…

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