The most recent death notices across the Valleys and Bridgend as families remember loved ones Our thoughts are with their loved ones at this time Wales Online · Dec 15, 2022
Calls for RCT care home to be saved from closure under council plans Under council plans Garth Olwg care home in Church Village would be redeveloped into a facility for people with learning disabilities Wales Online · Dec 15, 2022
UK nurses join wave of strike action to demand better pay Thousands of nurses have walked off their jobs in England, joining ambulance and postal workers, bus drivers and airport baggage handlers who have staged strikes or planned them this month The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022
Funeral guidance for victims of COVID-19 set to be eased Funeral guidelines for COVID-19 victims are set to be eased, according to a draft compiled by the Health, Labor, and Welfare Ministry. The Japan News/Yomiuri · Dec 15, 2022
Majority of union members reject latest NHS Scotland pay offer Scottish Government ministers put a new offer on the table which would have seen workers receive on average a 7.5 per cent pay rise. Daily Record · Dec 15, 2022
UK nurses stage nationwide strike over cost of living, work conditions Nurses in the United Kingdom are staging an unprecedented one-day strike as a "last resort" in their fight for better wages and working conditions. Radio France Internationale · Dec 15, 2022
GMB members in NHS Scotland reject pay offer and call for Humza Yousaf meeting MEMBERS of the GMB union working in NHS Scotland have turned down the Scottish Government’s latest improved pay offer. The National (Scotland) · Dec 15, 2022
Who is Pat Cullen? Northern Ireland woman at the head of the Royal College of Nursing strikes Growing up in Carrickmore, Cullen started her career in mental health nursing and remains a qualified psychotherapist Belfast Live · Dec 15, 2022
Ambulance hospital handover delays in England hit new high More than 12,500 patients last week waited over an hour to be transferred. The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022
Nurses' strike - Newcastle Hospital's advice for RVI or Freeman hospital patients The RVI's Emergency Care is open, you should still call 999 as normal if you need to and keep appointments that have not been cancelled Chronicle Live · Dec 15, 2022
Sunak facing growing pressure to improve nurses’ pay offer Former Tory chair urges PM to compromise as strikes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland take place The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022
Striking nurses rush from picket line and give first aid to man who collapses in street The man slipped over just metres from the Bristol Royal Infirmary main entrance, with striking staff racing to put him into the recovery position before returning to the picket line shortly afterwards Daily Mirror · Dec 15, 2022
Nurses strikes: What are the demands and what is the government offering? OLD Industrial action is biggest by nurses in NHS history The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022
Student nurse in fundraiser for Lanarkshire therapists who 'saved her life' after traumatic event Caitlin Currie, aged 24, has credited Lanarkshire Counselling and CBT Centre in Coatbridge with saving her life through the therapy provided over a four year period. Glasgow Live · Dec 15, 2022
Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2022 Second jobs, food banks and 90-hour weeks: London’s nurses, paramedics and posties on why they’re striking London is facing its worst month of strikes in over a decade. But what exactly has pushed so many of the capital’s key workers over the edge? Katie Strick hears four powerful testimonies
The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022 Nurses strikes: Full list of NHS hospitals where 100,000 staff have voted for industrial action In total, 44 out of 219 NHS trusts in England face strike action from nursing staff next week
The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022 Scotland to raise income tax by 1p for those on over £43,666 to raise money for NHS – as it happened Finance secretary says starter, basic and intermediate rates of income will stay the same
The National (Scotland) · Dec 15, 2022 Nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland begin strike action THOUSANDS of nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have begun a 12-hour strike in a dispute over pay.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022 Why are nurses striking and how will it affect hospital care? Key questions answered as nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland stage first national strikes
Liverpool Echo · Dec 15, 2022 Live strike updates, bar staff step in as man stabbed and family hit hard by cost of living crisis Liverpool ECHO latest headlines on Thursday, December 15
The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022 Government to blame for ‘tragic’ NHS strike, says union boss as nurses start walkout ‘Strong possibility’ of further strikes in January, says RCN chief Pat Cullen
Liverpool Echo · Dec 15, 2022 NHS strike 2022: Are hospitals open and where to get medical help People are urged not to avoid calling 999 and told the 'NHS is open' as nurses walk out
Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2022 Minister hails ‘green shoots of recovery’ in Britain as she opposes nursing union’s pay demands A minister claimed on Thursday that the “green shoots of recovery” were emerging in Britain as she argued against big pay rises for nurses and other public sector workers.
Daily Mirror · Dec 15, 2022 Which hospitals are affected by the nurses strike TODAY - full list with picket lines map The Royal College of Nursing is staging the first strike in its 106-year history - with tens of thousands of hard-pressed nurses walking out over pay. Here's what you need to know
The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022 ‘We can’t cope anymore’: Desperate and without any other option, these are the NHS nurses driven to strike ‘None of us want to compromise patient safety through a strike but we are left at this point with no other option’ says Charlie Rumary