The Latest Breaking News from NHS Employers

'Dirty Foreigners' and 'Monkeys': Racism in NHS 'Getting Worse' as Patients Reject Non-White Staff

A survey by the Society of Radiographers reveals increasing racist abuse against NHS workers, with patients openly refusing treatment from non-white professionals and using derogatory slurs.

International Business Times UK · Aug 4

Cancer and maternity patients at risk if junior doctors strike in January, NHS bosses warn

NHS Employers writes to British Medical Association warning of dangers of proposed six-day stoppage

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

Sunak warned ‘disastrous’ visa changes could cut care workers by thousands

Exclusive: New visa rules will create ‘perverse’ competition for international staff between NHS and social care sector

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023

NHS tells nurses that planned strike is illegal

The RCN said it would “forcibly” resist any potential legal action from the NHS over strikes

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

NHS threatens legal action to block second day of nurses’ strike

Exclusive: NHS Employers officials claim action on 2 May goes beyond six-month period in which action can be takenExclusive

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2023

Standard of patient care ‘has fallen’, NHS staff say in workforce survey

Some 62.9% were happy with the standard of care provided by their organisation, down from 67.8% the previous year, 74.2% in 2020 and 71.5% in 2019.

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Nursing strike suspended as union enters ‘intensive’ talks over pay and conditions

Nurses in England pause next week’s 48-hour walkout with union ‘confident’ of agreeing pay deal 

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2023

Nurses will step up strikes unless pay offer improved, NHS official warns

NHS Employers boss says strikes next month likely to be for longer and to affect more trusts if dispute continues

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

‘Real concerns remain’ about cancer cover during nurses’ strike – NHS Employers

The organisation said the RCN would hold further strikes unless the Government was willing to discuss pay.

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Government plan to tackle NHS staff shortages shelved amid Treasury row

Exclusive: ‘HMT now says we have the money. If [the plan] is out before Christmas I’ll eat Santa’s hat,’ says one senior NHS figure

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022