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• Nurses’ strike: what’s at stake and how will it affect patients?

  09-11-2022 19:18
  Health unions have rejected government’s pay offer while RCN seeks above inflation pay rise• Nurses to strike over payMinisters have offered about one million NHS staff in England – everyone bar doctors and dentists – a pay rise of at least £1,400 for 2022-23. That represents a rise of between 4% and 5% for staff covered by the longstanding Agenda for Change negotiating framework. Continue reading...
  
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• NHS, Royal Mail, rail: how will winter strikes affect the UK?

  09-11-2022 19:10
  Disputes over pay and conditions are widespread, with workers across the country participating in industrial actionA winter of strike action over pay and conditions looms across sectors and services ranging from the NHS to transport.Ballots are taking place in a range of sectors while talks in some areas have come too late to avoid disruption. In other cases, agreement over new deals appears to have more conclusively brought industrial action to an end. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Pay in the NHS has become laughable’: UK nurses’ views on the vote to strike

  09-11-2022 17:48
  Four nurses discuss the RCN’s plan to take industrial action in the run-up to Christmas over payNurses have voted to go on strike across the UK for the first time in the Royal College of Nursing’s history. The union announced on Wednesday that nurses at many hospitals and other places of NHS care would take industrial action in the run-up to Christmas over pay. The RCN has said nursing staff will continue to provide emergency care during the strikes.The move comes after the governmen
  
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• Real-terms fall in UK nurses’ pay is part of wider trend

  09-11-2022 17:01
  Doctors, teachers, police, MPs and even FTSE 100 bosses have all seen the worth of their pay packets shrinkNHS nurses across the UK have voted to go on strike, citing real-terms pay cuts caused by inflation. Such cuts are not restricted to nurses but may affect them more than other higher-paid professions.The average pay of an NHS nurse has fallen in real terms by 8% since 2010. Nurses were paid £35,680 on average in the year to April 2022, equating to a reduction of more than £3,000
  
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• Nurses across UK vote to go on strike for first time in dispute over pay

  09-11-2022 17:00
  NHS braces for prolonged period of industrial action by health workers over the winter and into next yearNurses have voted to stage strikes across the UK for the first time in their history in pursuit of a better pay deal, in a move that will seriously disrupt NHS care.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced on Wednesday that nurses at many, but not all, hospitals and other places of NHS care would take industrial action before Christmas and could continue striking until next May. Continue
  
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• Nurses in UK vote to go on strike for first time in dispute over pay

  09-11-2022 15:30
  NHS braces for prolonged period of industrial action by health workers over the winter and into next yearNurses have voted to stage strikes across the UK for the first time in their history in pursuit of a better pay deal, in a move that will seriously disrupt NHS care.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced on Wednesday that nurses at many, but not all, hospitals and other places of NHS care would take industrial action before Christmas and may continue striking until next May. Continue re
  
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