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Hundreds of hospital appointments postponed as nurses take part in strike

Members of the Royal College of Nursing took part in a 12-hour action on Thursday over pay and safe staffing levels.

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

How Angela Hardy rebuilt her life and found love after she was nearly killed by a man she met on a dating app

It's been six years since Angela Hardy was almost killed by a man she met on Tinder. Now the young doctor has married the love of her life and is returning to Port Macquarie, New South Wales, to take up a job at the coastal town's public hospital.

ABC News · Dec 15, 2022

EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends?

Ever since the pandemic began the U.S. has been using a public health rule intended to limit the spread of disease to expel migrants seeking asylum

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Our healthcare was never safe in Tory hands

Letters: Prof Paul Gilbert and Marcia Saunders respond to the King’s Fund report which found that a ‘decade of neglect’ has led to the NHS being unable to deal with backlogs

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

Hot drinks and public sympathy for nurses on the picket lines

For many striking in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, staff shortages are a bigger issue than pay

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

Nurses break picket line outside hospital to help injured man

They paused to give emergency treatment to a man who had collapsed

Wales Online · Dec 15, 2022

Government cannot ‘sit back’ on strikes amid warning pay rows will worsen, NHS leaders say

‘The government cannot just sit back and let future strikes happen when patient care is on the line,’ says Matthew Taylor

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Striking nurses need the public behind them to keep pressure on ministers

Analysis: polls show support for industrial action by nurses has fallen, with many concerned about the risks to patients from walkouts

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

Paddy McGuinness supports striking nurses as he joins Alder Hey picket line

He stood in solidarity with the NHS workers outside Liverpool's Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Liverpool Echo · Dec 15, 2022

'Put your warm coat on!' Nurses hit out as Tory Steve Barclay dodges striking staff

The Royal College of Nursing said Steve Barclay 'missed an opportunity' to come face-to-face with strikers after he visited a hospital with no industrial action - and was only filmed in an empty room

Daily Mirror · Dec 15, 2022