Rishi Sunak is not ruling out extending “tough” new anti-strike laws to prevent walkouts by emergency service workers such as nurses. The Prime Minister said “we’re looking at all options”
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Mental health nurses and psychiatrists are to work in 999 call centres and ambulances as demand for crisis care has soared. The move, which was announced as part of NHS
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Health workers in Northern Ireland are to receive a pay rise recommended by independent salary review bodies, Stormont’s Department of Health has announced. The delayed move comes after civil servants
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The NHS is “bursting at the seams” as waiting lists hit a record high, while A&E departments experienced their worst performance on record, according to new data. Figures from NHS
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There is no money to increase a pay offer to NHS staff in order to avert industrial action in Wales without UK Government intervention, the Welsh health minister has said.
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Thousands of ambulance workers and other NHS staff will strike on December 21 in a row over pay, unions have announced. The GMB, Unison and Unite are co-ordinating industrial action
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Early education and care for children aged from birth to five in England is at a critical point. On one hand, the cost of care and education to parents at
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Health and care employers have been urged to follow ethical recruitment guidelines after it emerged that more than 2,000 nurses have come to work in the UK from so-called red
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More than 10,000 ambulance workers have voted to strike across nine trusts in England and Wales, increasing the threat of widespread industrial action in the NHS before Christmas. The GMB
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Up to 100,000 nursing staff will take part in their biggest ever strike next month in a long-running dispute over pay, it has been announced. Members of the Royal College
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