Who do you believe: the brilliant NHS staff who treated my cancer, or ministers who spin and lie? A harrowing Guardian report depicts the struggle to deliver care, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022
Royal Mail employees join rail workers on strike as nursing walkout looms The final first-class posting date for Christmas cards has been brought forward to Friday Wales Online · Dec 14, 2022
Struggling workers suffer worst wage growth in 50 years as Tories refuse pay deals And as industrial action grows across the country, No10 was accused of deliberately scuppering pay deals to pick a fight with those trying to improve poor wages Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022
Hospitals to offer Bank Holiday service but Government refuse to discuss nurses pay Thousands of patients are being told their operations and appointments are cancelled as the Tories dug their heels in on real-terms pay cuts for frontline heroes of the pandemic Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022
Emergency cancer services will be protected when nurses go on strike The RCN have agreed exemptions to the upcoming strike Manchester Evening News · Dec 13, 2022
Nurses strike: Health leaders tell union RCN told to do more to avoid patient harm during walkout Union warned about a potential threat to patient safety in letters from chief nurses and the NHS cancer care chief Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2022
RCN must do more to avoid patient harm during nurses’ strike – health leaders The union was warned about a potential threat to patient safety in letters from chief nurses and the NHS cancer care chief. The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
NHS leaders warn patient lives will be put at risk by strikes as cancer services “hit hard” Mental health and cancer patients put at risk by nursing strikes, NHS leaders claim The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Nurses' pay explained as strike set to go ahead after talks fail Nurses are set to strike on December 15 and again on December 20 in a pay dispute Nottingham Post · Dec 13, 2022
Northern Ireland RCN nursing strikes set to go ahead after government talks fail Their first strike day is this Thursday Belfast Live · Dec 13, 2022
Patients can expect a ‘bank holiday service’ during nurse strikes Nurses are set to walk out on Thursday after talks with the Government broke down on Monday night. The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Mick Lynch attacks BBC for 'parroting' Tory 'propaganda' in heated rail strike clash RMT general secretary Mick Lynch demanded to know why the BBC was not showing 'any admiration' for striking workers - as Mishal Husain replied “they're called questions” and ended the interview Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022
Trains, Royal Mail and nurses: Every strike planned in run up to Christmas From ambulances to buses and postal deliveries, few public services will be unaffected by industrial action in Britain’s new ‘winter of discontent’ The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Month of rail strikes to cause travel chaos from today with 48-hour walkout in pay row Trains are set to run from 7.30am to 6.30pm on this week’s strike days, although many areas will be left with no services at all, including most of Scotland and Wales Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022
Wales Online · Dec 13, 2022 Month of train disruption begins with 48-hour strikes as nurses' walkout looms Many parts of the UK will have no rail services today and tomorrow including most of Wales and Scotland
Wales Online · Dec 13, 2022 Nursing strikes still planned to go ahead after government talks fail RCN general secretary Pat Cullen blames Health Secretary Steve Barclay's 'belligerence'
Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022 Nurses slam Government for refusing to take steps to avert strike action The Royal College of Nursing said the Tories would not discuss pay as RCN chief Pat Cullen said after last night’s discussion with Health Secretary Steve Barclay: “I needed to come out of this meeting with something serious to show nurses why they should not strike this week"
The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022 Month of rail disruption begins with 48-hour strikes, as nursing walkout looms Rail, Maritime and Transport union are walking out on Tuesday, but Network Rail warns disruption will last until January 8.
Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2022 Nurses to strike after minister refuses to discuss wages at crunch meeting Nurses are set to go on strike after the Government “closed their books and walked away” during a crunch meeting with union bosses.
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022 Thousands of NHS appointments cancelled as talks fail to avert nursing strike Ministers admit they cannot eliminate risk to public from wave of industrial action
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022 Irony dies as Tories accuse Labour of using the NHS as a political football Another junior minister plays the fall guy as government keeps fingers firmly in its ears over strikes
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022 Talks to avert nurses’ strike fail after Health Secretary’s ‘belligerence’ – RCN The Royal College of Nursing said Steve Barclay refused to discuss pay during a meeting on Monday.
Wales Online · Dec 12, 2022 Nurses' strike set to go ahead this week after late talks with Welsh Government fail Nurses will walk out this Thursday after voting for industrial action for the first time in history
Wales Online · Dec 12, 2022 Minister leaving emergency Cobra meeting calls on striking workers to 'give families a break' There is set to be disruption due to a wave of winter strikes
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022 Steve Barclay accused of ‘belligerence’ after refusing to discuss nurses’ pay at strike talks ‘They have closed their books and walked away’, says RCN chief after last-ditch bid to avoid strikes fails