The Latest Breaking News from RCN

Dozens of fed-up nurses quit '24 Hours In A&E' hospital over 'work stress and low pay'

Labour MP for Putney, Fleur Anderson, described how patients were being treated in corridors at St George's Hospital in South London, which is the location for the Channel 4 show 24 Hours In A&E

Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2023

Nurses to strike on two more dates next month

The RCN union announced nurses will be striking on February 6 and 7 across 73 NHS trusts in England and Wales

Wales Online · Jan 16, 2023

Nurses to stage two more strikes next month as bitter pay row rumbles on

The Royal College of Nursing said nurses will strike on February 6 and 7

Manchester Evening News · Jan 16, 2023

Over 1,450 London hospital beds occupied by patients fit to be discharged

Lack of capacity leading to gridlock in A&E, health leaders warn

Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2023

All UK strikes dates from nurses to paramedics as teachers on brink of walkouts

Widespread industrial action shows no sign of abating, with nurses, civil servants and ambulance workers among those set for walkouts in bitter disputes over pay and conditions

Daily Mirror · Jan 16, 2023

‘Nurses have cried with me’: Pat Cullen on strikes, 16-hour shifts and colleagues who can’t afford shoes

The leader of the Royal College of Nursing talks about how members are being forced to use food banks, her frustration with the government – and how she learned to be a tough negotiator

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2023

The strikes set to cause more disruption in days and weeks ahead

Further industrial action is planned by transport, health and education workers

Wales Online · Jan 15, 2023

NHS nurses on strike could double next month warn union leaders

More nurses will walk out next month, amid an ongoing dispute over pay and staff shortages with the Government - which staff say is putting lives at risk

Chronicle Live · Jan 15, 2023

Nurses warn strikes could DOUBLE in size next month as pay talks drag on in 'Tory split'

A government source denied claims of a split as the Royal College of Nursing warned it will send members out this Wednesday - and twice as many in February if things aren't resolved

Daily Mirror · Jan 15, 2023

‘People realise what we’re doing is right’: how nurses won PR battle over NHS strikes

Rishi Sunak portrays union chiefs as leftwing militants but some leaders are succeeding in blaming the impasse on No 10 – and half of voters agree

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023