Healthcare workers could be forced to have flu jabs as new figures reveal that just 61% of NHS staff have received their injections. Data from Public Health England shows that
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Around 5,000 medical appointments were cancelled following an unprecedented nurses strike which paralysed parts of the NHS. Healthcare workers in Northern Ireland said they were tearful and “at the end
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Boris Johnson has confirmed plans to restore bursaries for student nurses after they were scrapped as part of the Conservatives’ austerity measures. The return of the payments of up to
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Picket lines have been set up across Northern Ireland as thousands of nurses strike over pay. The unprecedented action saw around 9,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
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A last-ditch meeting aiming to prevent around 9,000 nurses from taking the UK’s first 12-hour strike action on Wednesday over pay is due. The unprecedented walkout in Northern Ireland will
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An ex-heroin addict is now working as an NHS nurse after being inspired by the woman who cared for her in hospital. Joanne Hill, 42, started taking drugs as a
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The body of a midwife was found buried in a roadside shallow grave after her killer was spotted by a surveillance team acting suspiciously around 800 metres away, an inquest
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Nurses in Northern Ireland are staging another 48-hour period of industrial action. They are engaging in work-to-rule action, refusing to take on overtime or working unpaid hours. Health workers from
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Around a quarter of UK hospital staff were born abroad, according to new figures showing how immigration has helped stop “almost unimaginable” shortages in the NHS workforce. Around half of
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Industrial action by nurses has paralysed part of the health service in Northern Ireland in a dispute over pay and staffing levels. Thousands of medical surgeries and appointments have been
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