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• Maureen Cummings obituary

  12-09-2022 18:53
  My mother, Maureen Cummings, who has died aged 83, left school with few qualifications and a rebellious reputation. She went on to become a midwife, health visitor, a graduate of the Open University and a palliative care nurse.Maureen was born in Birmingham, to Blanche (nee Hickman), a nurse, and Stanley Tranter, cashier at the Austin Motor Company. After leaving Kings Norton grammar school, Maureen trained to be a nurse at Worcester Royal infirmary. In 1966 she married Geoff Cummings and they s
  
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• Tin-eared Liz Truss is obsessed by tax cuts, so why shouldn’t NHS nurses strike? | Polly Toynbee

  12-09-2022 18:15
  If ministers can afford £150bn for energy bills, they can afford to pay nurses more. And two-thirds of the public support themStop all the strikes, delay the nurses’ ballot, abandon this year’s pivotal TUC annual conference in mourning for the Queen. You might note this respect for the late monarch from workers facing gigantic pay cuts was not matched by the London Stock Exchange, which has missed not a nanosecond of trading in shares, including among those companies profiteeri
  
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• Minnesota nurses launch three-day strike over pay and understaffing

  12-09-2022 17:11
  Nurses seeking more than 30% increases in compensation by the end of the three-year contractThousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike Monday over issues of pay and what they say is understaffing that has been worsened by the strains of the coronavirus pandemic.The labor action includes 15,000 nurses and seven healthcare systems in the Minneapolis and Duluth areas. Those groups have recruited temporary nurses and say they expect to maintain most services. Continue reading...
  
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