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Nursing strike dates revealed - what we know as thousands of staff to walk out

Here's what we know so far

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak says nurse pay rise demands ‘obviously unaffordable’

Nurses want an above inflation pay rise to help plug tens of thousands of vacancies

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak brands nurses' 19% pay plea 'unaffordable' as Keir Starmer declines to back it

Neither Rishi Sunak nor Keir Starmer today said they would accept nurses' current pleas for a pay rise - but Labour's leader said unlike the Tories, he would at least get round the table

Daily Mirror

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The Leader podcast: Nurse strikes & Sadiq Khan expands ULEZ

Nurses will go on strike for two days next month as part of a major escalation in a dispute over pay. Dozens of trusts will see nurses walk out on 15th and 20th December. It’s a tricky time of year for the NHS at the best of times but the…

Evening Standard

NHS nurses announce strikes just days before Christmas in dispute over pay

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will hold its first-ever walkout on a national scale on December 15, with another coming just five days later - as Health Secretary Steve Barclay dodges discussions on pay.

Chronicle Live

Striking nurses say ‘we’re doing this for patients’ with key hospitals to be hit

Nurses in around half of all NHS trusts would walk out on December 15 and 20 in a dispute over pay

Evening Standard

Northern Ireland nurses to stage walkouts on December 15 and 20, it is confirmed

Under trade union laws, the RCN has to ensure life-preserving care is provided during the strikes, which will last from 8am to 8pm

Belfast Live

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Nurse strikes 2022: When are nurses striking?

Emergency care will still be provided but routine services will be hit

Evening Standard

Union to announce NHS services exempt from nursing strike

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced its members will stage a national strike on December 15 and 20

Manchester Evening News

Nurses’ strikes: Full list of hospital trusts affected – see your area

Thousands of patients set to have appointments or surgery cancelled or postponed

The Independent UK

Watch: Nurses to strike next month over pay after talks offer is rejected

Nurses will go on strike on two days next month as part of a major escalation in a dispute over pay, the nursing union has announced. NHS nurses will walk out in dozens of trusts on December 15 and 20, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) confirmed on Friday. The…

Evening Standard

Minister becomes eighth Tory MP to announce they are stepping down at next election – as it happened

Complaints under investigation now range from his time as justice secretary, foreign secretary and Brexit secretary

The Guardian - UK

NHS nurses strike dates confirmed in lead up to Christmas

There will be two days of strike action

Liverpool Echo

Nurses to go on strike for two days next month after government rejects pay terms

Nurses voted to take strike action over pay and patient safety earlier this month

Manchester Evening News

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Nottingham Post

Nurses to strike in December over pay after talks offer is rejected

The strikes will take place in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Guardian - UK

Nurses across UK to strike for first time on 15 and 20 December

Royal College of Nursing confirms action in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after government ‘refuses’ to enter pay talks

AFP

Nurses join other striking UK staff in two December walkouts

London (AFP) - Nurses across most of Britain will hold the first strikes in their union's 106-year history next month, joining a host of other workers taking industrial action over pay.

The Independent UK

Nurses’ strikes: Full list of hospital trusts hit – see your area

Thousands of patients set to have appointments or surgery cancelled or postponed

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The Independent UK

Nurses to strike on two days next month as NHS pay row escalates

Royal College of Nursing chief says ministers declined offer to open formal pay negotiations

Reuters

In Britain, nurses prepare for unprecedented strike over pay

Chukwudubem Ifeajuna, a nurse in the south of England, loves his job, but next month will walk out for two days as part of British nurses' biggest ever strike action, which he says is necessary for staff and patient welfare alike.

Reuters

British nurses to stage first strikes on Dec. 15, 20

Thousands of British nurses will go on strike on Dec. 15 and 20 for more pay, their union said on Friday, adding to a winter of industrial action and putting further pressure on the state-run health system.

The Independent UK

Nurses to strike next month over pay after talks offer is rejected

Members of the RCN will stage their first ever national walkout in worsening dispute.

Evening Standard

Nurses across UK to strike on two days in December as disruption deepens

NHS nurses to walk out in dozens of trusts on December 15 and 20

Daily Mirror

NHS nurses' strike dates announced in week before Christmas as Tories ignore pay talk pleas

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which represents two thirds of NHS nurses, will stage its first ever national walkout on December 15 and 20 as Health Secretary Steve Barclay refuses to even discuss pay

The Independent UK

Trains, post and even coffin-making: Every strike likely to affect UK by end of 2022

From nursing to postal deliveries, few public services will be unaffected by industrial action this winter

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