More than 27,000 healthcare workers to receive payments worth up to £3,000
The payments, starting at £1,665, will benefit frontline workers who are not directly employed by the NHS.
The payments, starting at £1,665, will benefit frontline workers who are not directly employed by the NHS.
Senior Royal College of Nursing in Scotland figures said personal protective equipment given to NHS staff was often not adequate.
The Nuffield Trust is calling for health checks and screening to be made more accessible to people with learning disabilities.
The survey comes amid concerns about vacancy rates in NHS nursing posts.
The Royal College of Nursing said an extra payment must be made in addition to an above-inflation pay rise for NHS workers.
Applications to nursing courses fell by 9.8% in England, according to new figures.
The Royal College of Nursing said Mr Sunak is ‘forgetting basic facts’ because the union’s members had rejected his pay offer and remain in dispute.
In a message to RCN members, Pat Cullen said the union had pushed ministers ‘further than they wanted to go’.
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen said the government’s letter to the pay review body was ‘extremely late’.
A survey by the Royal College of Nursing, a year since nursing staff went on strike over pay, shows a majority continues to support their action.
Hospitals use doctors and nurses as temporary agency staff to fill gaps in rotas.
Victoria Atkins defended the efforts being made to assist the health service.
Some 748,528 nurses are now registered to work in the UK.
It comes after the nation’s top doctor received a new pay offer.
The Royal College of Nursing has now commissioned research into the issue and is calling on the Government for more investment in support services.