Nurse news

• NHS pay is a risky issue for Rishi Sunak to get tough about

  21-12-2022 18:12
  After a couple of U-turns the PM wants to show he can’t be pushed around on pay rises but the public are on the side of health workersWhen Rishi Sunak appeared in front of parliament’s powerful liaison committee this week he doubled down on NHS pay rises in what looked very much like an attempt to turn the winter of strikes into his Thatcher moment.Just like his political heroine before him, he faced down the unions, telling MPs the country couldn’t afford bigger public sector
  
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• UK strike calendar – service stoppages planned for December and January

  21-12-2022 17:50
  All the dates for strikes and stoppages across health, transport and postal networksThe wave of strikes sweeping the country reaches a peak this week, threatening to bring Britain to a standstill as workers across the transport network, NHS, Royal Mail and civil service take industrial action in rows over pay and conditions.Further unrest could beset the government in the new year as strike ballots for firefighters and teachers close in January, while junior doctors are scheduled to vote next mo
  
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• Guidance: Expiry date of Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) antiviral medication extended

  21-12-2022 16:45 via gov.uk
  Information for patients who have been prescribed Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir 150mg and ritonavir 100mg) film-coated tablets COVID-19 antiviral medication.
  
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• Scottish health workers threaten strikes after rejecting pay offer

  21-12-2022 15:30
  Sturgeon under pressure to resume talks after nurses and midwives join paramedics in rejection of ‘best and final’ offerUK politics live – latest news updatesAmbulance workers’ strike: latest news updatesScottish nurses, paramedics and midwives are threatening a wave of strikes early next year after heavily rejecting a “best and final” pay offer from ministers in Edinburgh.The Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Midwives announced on Wednesday their
  
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