Nurses in Northern Ireland are to vote on potential industrial action amid an on-going pay dispute with Stormont. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the ballot of its members
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The Scottish Labour Party has announced it would compel all councils and private firms engaged in council contracts to pay the living wage of at least £7.85 an hour to
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Health and social care services should work more closely together to ensure older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions receive effective care, says NICE. In latest social
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The MS Society and British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland (BHF NI) have launched a joint campaign opposing the reintroduction of prescription charges for people living with long-term conditions. The “Keep
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A two-tier care home system could be created if proper funding is not offered to pay staff the new national living wage, the Government has been warned. A study by
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A “postcode lottery” has local authorities in the south contributing far more to the cost of long-term care than in the north, new figures show. Which? submitted Freedom of Information
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A cap on pay rates for NHS agency workers will be extended within weeks, the Health Secretary has said. Jeremy Hunt told the Commons a maximum shift rate will apply
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The Government is living in “cloud cuckoo land” over seven-day working, a Royal College has said, as it published figures suggesting almost a million more people will be living with
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Time spent travelling to and from from first and last appointments of the day should count as working time, the European Court of Justice has ruled. The Luxembourg-based court declared
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The introduction of a national living wage will leave the care sector “at serious risk of catastrophic collapse”, the head of the body representing the industry has warned. Five of
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