Nurses in New York City strike over wages and staffing levels More than 7,000 nurses strike at two NYC hospitals, stating that low wages and staffing levels have squeezed workers. Al Jazeera · Jan 9, 2023
From free college to universal preschool, Pritzker pledges second-term ‘agenda as ambitious and bold as our people are’ In a speech that paid respect to everyone from a nurse who died from COVID-19, to victims of gun violence, to former Gov. Dwight Green, Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed to “fight against a rising tide of hate,” protect women’s reproductive rights and finally get an assault weapons ban passed. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2023
More than 7,000 NYC nurses strike at Mount Sinai, Montefiore hospitals after labor negotiations crumble NEW YORK — Thousands of nurses walked off the job early Monday at two major New York City hospitals after contract talks disintegrated overnight, leaving Mount Sinai in Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx struggling to care for patients. Tribune News Service · Jan 9, 2023
Dad splits opinions by not getting up at night to care for his baby - 'My wife says it's unfair' A father has landed himself in hot water with his wife, after refusing to take care of his child during the night. But he has the full support of others online Chronicle Live · Jan 9, 2023
'I refuse to wake up to care for my baby - my wife says it's unfair but I won't budge' A dad has landed himself in hot water with his wife after he flatly refused to take care of their baby during the night - but he has the support of some people online Daily Mirror · Jan 9, 2023
82-year-old woman with pneumonia waited 36 hours in a chair in A&E 'We don't blame the nurses, it's the system' Wales Online · Jan 9, 2023
Nurses poised to strike at 2 big New York City hospitals Nurses at two of New York City’s largest hospitals are poised to go on strike Monday in a dispute over pay and staffing levels The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
Rishi Sunak accused of 'misleading public' in TV clash as nurse pay talks kick off Rishi Sunak appeared to finally open the door to nurses getting more money this year - but a union chief slapped him down for misrepresenting talks 'on almost every level' Daily Mirror · Jan 8, 2023
Telehealth brings expert sexual assault exams to rural patients Amanda Shelley was sitting in her dentist’s waiting room when she received a call from the police. A local teenage girl had been sexually assaulted and needed an exam. Tribune News Service · Jan 8, 2023
Rishi Sunak refuses 3 times to say if he uses private healthcare in toe-curling interview The millionaire Prime Minister claimed it was not 'relevant' and told people to stop 'bandying around' claims 300 are dying a week - as a nurse goes home and cries every night Daily Mirror · Jan 8, 2023
Nurses strike looms at Mount Sinai Hospital as talks break off, negotiations continue with two other NYC facilities NEW YORK — The infuriated head of the state nurses union unloaded Saturday on Mount Sinai Hospital officials for its decision to stop negotiations as a strike deadline with a promised walkout loomed. Tribune News Service · Jan 8, 2023
Newcastle decorator's shock injury led him to become top learning disability nurse Adrian Anim has spoken out about the importance of ensuring people with learning disabilities aren't excluded from everyday life. Chronicle Live · Jan 7, 2023
BMW smashes into nurse's parked car and driver runs away with bare feet Kelli Parker's Ford Fiesta was written off Liverpool Echo · Jan 7, 2023
Six new breast care nurses for Hunter under Labor election proposal Labor announced Saturday it would commit $19.5 million over three years to fund 29 more breast cancer nurses if it wins the NSW election in March. Newcastle Herald · Jan 7, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2023 NYC hospitals prep for nurse strike amid negotiations Negotiations to keep 10,000 nurses from walking off the job are heading into a final weekend
Nottingham Post · Jan 6, 2023 Psychiatric nurse's 'silly mistake' on the road cost him more than £1,000 Celestine Ikpekhai 'refused' to provide a road side sample to a police officer
Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023 New York doctors are now required to prescribe naloxone to some patients on opioid painkillers Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn’t be able to walk half a block. The 63-year-old former New York City nurse has crippling arthritis for which he takes OxyContin twice a day and oxycodone when he needs additional relief.
Edinburgh Live · Jan 6, 2023 Edinburgh nurse whose daughter killed herself backs tougher social media crackdown Sophie Parkinson tragically took her own life after viewing harmful content online, with her mum Ruth now backing a campaign which would hold tech bosses to account
Nottingham Post · Jan 6, 2023 'Relentless' NHS pressures the worst Nottingham A&E nurse has seen in 32 years 'The service is creaking at the seams and we are struggling,' said Lou Davis, who appeared on the first episode of Channel 4's 24 Hours in A&E
The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023 Thousands of New York nurses prepare for ‘last resort’ strike as hospitals scramble to prepare Hospitals could divert ambulances and move newborns from emergency units. Nurses argue that hospitals laid the groundwork for potential chaos by failing to adequately staff and pay burned-out workers
Los Angeles Times · Jan 5, 2023 'We didn't have enough cribs': Inside a children's hospital strained by viruses LOS ANGELES — Priscilla Velazco brought her 16-month-old daughter to the hospital in Loma Linda on Christmas Eve, after the feverish girl had begun laboring to breathe.
Daily Record · Jan 5, 2023 Retired nurse speaks of despair as her mum, 87, waits 32 hours to be put into Lanarkshire hospital ward A concerned retired nurse contacted us from the A&E department of University Hospital Wishaw as her 87-year-old mum had been there from 11am the previous day.
Daily Record · Jan 5, 2023 Stewartry pair recognised in 2023 New Year's Honours List Pauline Brown is to be made an MBE and John Collins is to receive the British Empire Medal
Daily Record · Jan 5, 2023 Heroic Scots nurse rescuing stray cats and dogs from Eastern Europe Sue Bagley, 50, joined forces with the charity Meow Paws to bring the animals to her foster home in East Lothian.
Belfast Live · Jan 4, 2023 Nurse would be "extremely worried" if he had relative going into an emergency department "There are people literally lying and sitting side by side in conditions that would otherwise have been completely unacceptable just five years ago"