Nurse news

• Rishi Sunak may consider one-off payment to end nurses’ strikes

  08-01-2023 20:28
  PM for first time signals willingness to help with cost of living as ministers prepare for talks with health unionsRishi Sunak has opened the door to a pay deal for striking nurses when ministers meet health unions for talks on Monday after signalling for the first time a willingness to address demands for more help with the cost of living.The Guardian understands ministers are prepared to look at a “one-off” payment to health workers, possibly in the form of a hardship payment to ge
  
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• Rishi Sunak signals he is open to discussing this year’s pay with nurses

  08-01-2023 11:55
  Prime minister declines to rule out reopening deal after ministers’ previous refusals to do soRishi Sunak has declined to rule out reopening this year’s pay deal for nurses when ministers meet health workers’ leaders for talks on Monday, signalling for the first time a willingness to address their demands for more money now.The prime minister, asked whether pay rises for 2022-23 could still be possible, repeatedly suggested the government was willing to have those conversations
  
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• Half of NHS trusts providing or planning food banks for staff

  08-01-2023 08:00
  Soaring cost of living forces nurses and health workers to seek help from charities through free meals and voucher schemesMore than half of NHS trusts and health boards are either providing or planning food banks for staff, new research suggests, as the cost of living soars.In a survey that lays bare the catastrophic impact that the rising cost of food, energy and housing is having on health workers, NHS Charities Together and the Observer have found that thousands of NHS staff – including
  
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