Public backs nurses striking over pay and patient care, poll suggests
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for ‘detailed negotiations’ on pay in the next five days or it will announce strike dates for December.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for ‘detailed negotiations’ on pay in the next five days or it will announce strike dates for December.
Government given five days to open ‘detailed negotiations’ over pay and patient safety.
Health Secretary met union leaders on Tuesday amid warnings of ‘unprecedented’ strikes.
At present just 61.7% of people get cancer treatment within 62 days, compared with 77.2% before the pandemic.
Christina McAnea said she fears an ‘organisation’ will take over the health service.
Steve Barclay is ‘saddened’ by the proposed industrial action by the Royal College of Nursing, which he said is in ‘nobody’s best interests’.
Sir Mark Rowley said: ‘If agencies we work closely with strike, it’s hard to imagine that more work won’t potentially overflow in our direction.’
Nurses across the UK have voted to take strike action in a row over pay.
Staff in the NHS, at universities and on buses are among the latest to be involved in industrial disputes.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay spoke to Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen on Thursday.
The Royal College of Nursing announced on Wednesday that its members in the majority of NHS employers across the UK have backed industrial action.
The Royal College of Nursing said its members in the majority of NHS employers across the UK have backed industrial action.
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) chief executive Pat Cullen invited ‘any politician’ to try living on a nurse’s wage for a single day.
The Health Secretary said it was ‘disappointing’ that nurses had voted to strike.
Members of the RCN in the majority of NHS employers across the UK voted to strike over pay.