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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

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

The Independent UK

Urgent surgery ‘may be postponed’ by nurses’ strikes, say NHS bosses

Trusts may also have to suspend chemotherapy, kidney dialysis and other key elements of healthcare

The Guardian - UK

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Fury as striking nurses set to be offered 'free tea and coffee' over better pay

The Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said his 'door is open' to resume talks with nurses' union over working conditions as staff set to walkout on 15 and 20 December

Daily Mirror

‘My door is open but contingency plans must be made’ – Health Secretary

It comes amid reports that armed forces personnel could be drafted in to help the NHS during planned strike action.

The Independent UK

‘This is as much about patient safety as pay’: NHS faces wave of strikes as more unions vote

Ballots for industrial action are under way or planned in sectors covering firefighters, teachers, civil servants and others

The Guardian - UK

Union says nursing shortages will get worse as student numbers plunge 2,000 in a year

The Royal College of Nursing fears the shortfall in England could soar 140,000 by 2030/31 due to Tory Government failures to tackle the workforce crisis. Nurses are striking on December 15 and 20

Daily Mirror

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Nurses edge closer to strike action as government 'refuses to talk over pay'

Details of who will walk out are set to be confirmed

Manchester Evening News

Nurses tell England Health Secretary it’s ‘pay negotiations or nothing’ to avert strikes

Nurses are preparing to strike on December 15 and 20 unless they get a 19% pay rise

Wales Online

NHS forced to spend £180m a year on ‘pointless’ visa charges

Exclusive: ‘Outrageous’ fees given to Home Office could pay salaries of 6,800 nurses, say Lib Dems

The Independent UK

'If Tories can find money to cut taxes for bankers, they should give nurses a pay rise'

Health Secretary Steve Barclay should be doing everything he can to prevent the strikes from going ahead - but instead, he claims a pay rise for nurses is 'unaffordable'

Daily Mirror

NHS cancer care to be seriously disrupted by nurses’ strike action

Royal College of Nursing finalising areas to be affected, leaving patients in England and Wales unable to receive some treatments

The Guardian - UK

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

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Daily Mirror

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

Evening Standard

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…

Chronicle Live

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.

Evening Standard

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

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Belfast Live

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

Evening Standard

Nurse strikes 2022: When are nurses striking?

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

Manchester Evening News

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

The Independent UK

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

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

Evening Standard

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…

The Guardian - UK

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

Liverpool Echo

NHS nurses strike dates confirmed in lead up to Christmas

There will be two days of strike action

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