Humza Yousaf to meet union leaders in bid to avert NHS walkouts
Scotland’s Health Secretary is to hold talks after nurses north of the border overwhelmingly rejected the latest pay offer put to them.
UK News|Dec 23, 2022
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Scottish Health Secretary set to meet union bosses in bid to avert NHS strikes
The Royal College of Nurses has rejected the latest offer from the Scottish Government.
UK News|Dec 22, 2022
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Government ‘could fast-track NHS pay rise next year’ after union stalemate
Thousands of nurses picketed on Tuesday while ambulance staff staged their biggest strike in 30 years on Wednesday.
UK News|Dec 22, 2022
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Disruption from strikes likely to continue into coming days – health leaders
NHS Providers said there had been ‘varying levels of disruption’ across the country as nurses and ambulance workers went on strike this week.
UK News|Dec 21, 2022
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RCN members reject Scottish Government’s ‘best and final’ pay offer
The Royal College of Nursing said 82% of its members had voted against the pay deal offered by ministers.
UK News|Dec 21, 2022
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Government does not need to accept pay review recommendations – Health Secretary
Recent weeks have seen questions grow over the pay review process as ministers and trade unions clash over how independent the system is.
UK News|Dec 21, 2022
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Nursing unions to announce post-Christmas strikes by Friday unless deal is made
A ‘clock is running’ for the Prime Minister to enter negotiations after a 12-hour walk-out on Tuesday, a union chief said.
UK News|Dec 20, 2022
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Nurse strikes after Christmas ‘highly likely’ if government maintains ‘silence’
The associate director of nursing at RCN Wales claims Eluned Morgan had refused all calls by the union to enter into negotiations about pay.
UK News|Dec 20, 2022
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NHS ‘cannot keep patients safe’ during strikes and PM ‘should negotiate’
Matthew Taylor from the NHS Confederation said it was rare for NHS leaders running hospitals and services to express such strong levels of concern.
UK News|Dec 20, 2022
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Hundreds of appointments hit as nurses take to picket lines in Northern Ireland
It is the second 12-hour strike action by the Royal College of Nursing over pay and safe staffing levels.
UK News|Dec 20, 2022
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Strikes: Nurses’ union leader urges Government to ‘do the decent thing’
The RCN has asked for a 5% above-inflation pay rise but Health Secretary Steve Barclay has declined to discuss pay when meeting union officials.
UK News|Dec 20, 2022
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Strikes: Thousands of nurses stage second walkout in row over pay
The Royal College of Nursing and the Government are locked in a bitter dispute over pay.
UK News|Dec 20, 2022
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Sunak ‘really disappointed’ by NHS strikes in run-up to Christmas
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged unions to consider whether the action was ‘really necessary’.
UK News|Dec 19, 2022
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Still time for unions to ‘step back’ on strikes – Downing Street
Strikes by nurses and ambulance workers will mean an ‘incredibly challenging and disrupted’ week, unions said.
UK News|Dec 19, 2022
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NHS faces ‘incredibly challenging’ time as nurses warn strikes could last months
So far, the Government has stood firm on its stance on pay, saying the rise demanded by trade unions is unaffordable.
UK News|Dec 19, 2022
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