Nurses work the equivalent of one day a week for free, according to a new analysis of pay. Researchers from London Economics, commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing, looked
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A further 13 inquests have been opened into the deaths of former patients of the disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson. Consultant Paterson (pictured), 62, was convicted in 2017 of 17
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Midwives in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over what they described as an “insulting” pay offer from the Scottish Government. In a turnout of 61% of
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Nine mental health groups have called on the Chancellor to protect the nation’s mental health in his budget by uprating benefits by inflation and maintaining funding for services. The organisations,
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A Labour MP has urged the Government to prevent his family’s battle for hospital access in the heartbreaking weeks before the death of his father from happening to others. Dan
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A health worker in Wales has said she will not be able to afford to heat her home this winter as a strike ballot over pay begins. Lorna Hood, who
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The public and health workers in Northern Ireland have been let down by politics, the outgoing Stormont health minister has said. Robin Swann will leave his post at midnight after
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A hospital has been fined £200,000 after four babies were exposed to “serious risk” when they were found to have non-accidental injuries which were not spotted in earlier admissions. Rotherham
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The NHS has launched its annual nationwide drive to recruit more nurses as it tries to fill tens of thousands of vacancies across England. England’s chief nurse Ruth May (pictured)
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Issues around reduced staff availability, increased waiting times and hospital admissions have been raised in the inspection of an Edinburgh hospital. In a report released on Monday, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
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