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Nurses will step up strikes with 48-hour walk-out in January

Newly announced dates will be escalation of action this month

Liverpool Echo

Nurses announce back-to-back strikes next month as ambulance Christmas walkout called off

GMB union calls off ambulance strike next week but confirmed new walk out on 11 January

The Independent UK

NHS nurses will strike on two consecutive days and at MORE trusts in major escalation

The Royal College of Nursing said the action at more hospitals in England comes after Rishi Sunak 'left us with no choice' but to walkout by refusing to negotiate with desperate nurses over pay

Daily Mirror

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Struggling Scottish nurse 'doing extra shifts to pay for petrol to get to work'

Speaking after members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) voted to reject the Scottish Government’s pay offer, she said: “I have to work extra shifts on wards at weekends to pay for petrol to get to work and to help with bills.

Edinburgh Live

Struggling Scots nurse 'taking on extra shifts just to afford petrol for work'

Community mental health specialist Jennifer Fox, 32, takes on additional work to help pay bills and provide for her children.

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf to meet trade unions for crisis talks after nurses vote for strikes

The under-pressure health secretary has previously warned the Scottish Government has no more money to offer health workers.

Daily Record

West Lothian nurses to strike in New Year

Nurses in West Lothian will join those across Scotland in striking next year

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Lanarkshire nurses and midwives set to strike after unions reject latest pay offer

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) members have rejected the Scottish Government's 7.5 per cent offer.

Daily Record

Scottish nurses vote 'overwhelmingly' to reject pay offer with strike action looming

Nurses in Scotland could be set to go on strike for the first time ever after voting overwhelmingly to reject a "best and final" pay offer from the Scottish Government.

Glasgow Live

Nurses in Scotland set to take strike action after union rejects latest pay offer

After 82 per cent of those who took part in the ballot rejected that offer, the RCN said it would announce dates for strike action in Scotland early in the new year

Edinburgh Live

Nurses in Scotland set for strike action after union members reject pay offer

A total of 82 per cent of Royal College of Nursing members balloted voting against accepting the offer.

Daily Record

Nurses warn 'there'll be no-one left' as they're forced to do overtime to pay bus fare

Royal College of Nursing chief Pat Cullen called on the Prime Minister to come to the negotiating table after Health Secretary Steve Barclay twice refused to discuss pay in meetings with the nurses’ union

Daily Mirror

Prudhoe nurse made 'difficult decision' to strike after 10 hour wait in hospital corridor with son

She said the strike was about working conditions and patient safety as well as pay

Chronicle Live

'We can't pay for groceries with claps': Second NHS nursing strike sees key workers determined to fight for pay and safety

On picket lines in the North East, NHS nurses said they'd continue to fight for a fair pay rise.

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Nottingham Post

Nottingham nurses 'exhausted and angry' as 85-year-old patient waited 52 hours for a bed

Nurses returned to the picket line on Tuesday (December 20) in a second day of strikes over pay

The Guardian - UK

Nurses’ action is part of UK’s biggest wave of strikes in a generation

NHS workers join others in seeking to protect living standards in the face of below-inflation pay offers

Liverpool Echo

'No respect for us': Nurses challenge government in battle to 'sustain NHS future'

One nurse told the ECHO: "Covid killed of a lot of nurses - physically and metaphorically. We feel burnt out"

Bristol Post

Bristol nurses on strike say 'we don't want to but we have to' as RCN action continues

“We have colleagues who can’t afford to buy Christmas presents, and some who are going to foodbanks, and that’s not ok"

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Leeds Live

Leeds nurses on strike slam 'evil Tories' as they protest outside LGI and demand better pay

Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have taken part in strikes across the country

Al Jazeera

UK nurses stage second strike for inflation-busting pay

Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing demand better pay to make up for years of real-terms salary cuts.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of appointments hit as nurses take to picket lines in Northern Ireland

It is the second 12-hour strike action by the Royal College of Nursing over pay and safe staffing levels.

The Independent UK

Pat Cullen: Who is the former nurse and RCN chief leading the NHS strike?

Union leader grew up in Northern Ireland and was inspired to enter profession by sister’s example

The National (Scotland)

UK Government urged to 'do decent thing' as nurses stage second walkout over pay

THE head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has urged Rishi Sunak to do the “decent thing” as thousands of nurses across England, Wales and…

Daily Mirror

Nurses strike for second time in a week as Rishi Sunak urged to 'do the decent thing'

RCN general secretary Pat Cullen has called on the PM Rishi Sunak to "do the decent thing" and re-open pay talks as she joined a picket line in Newcastle this morning

The Independent UK

Strikes: Nurses’ union leader urges Government to ‘do the decent thing’

The RCN has asked for a 5% above-inflation pay rise but Health Secretary Steve Barclay has declined to discuss pay when meeting union officials.

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