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• Nurses’ union makes apparent U-turn over staffing exemptions during strike

  29-04-2023 15:19
  
  Two trusts and one children’s hospital to receive emergency nursing staff after RCN had said there would be no derogationsThe Royal College of Nurses appears to have U-turned on its decision to allow no exemptions to hospitals during this weekend’s strike action, with nurses now due to work in an emergency capacity in dozens of hospitals across England.Nurses will be working across several NHS trusts – including Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trust, in London,
  
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• Ministers set to impose NHS pay deal on staff despite opposition of unions

  29-04-2023 15:13
  
  Move is apparently designed to isolate the Royal College of Nursing, which is due to begin another strike Ministers plan to impose a pay deal on NHS workers even as nurses continue to reject it, the Observer understands, as health service unions prepare to hold crunch talks on the package this week.Both the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Unite unions continue to oppose the deal offered to NHS workers, after protracted negotiations that have led to strikes and hampered attempts to shorten
  
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• NHS leader asks union to let striking nurses go back to work for emergencies

  29-04-2023 08:00
  
  Health service bosses say patient safety could be at risk when nurses in England stage 28-hour stoppage from Sunday eveningAn NHS leader has urged the Royal College of Nursing to let striking nurses leave picket lines and go back to work in their hospital if emergencies occur during their strike this weekend.Matthew Taylor made the appeal as the NHS braced itself for renewed disruption to services as a result of the first strike by nurses since they rejected the government’s improved pay o
  
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