The Latest Breaking News from RCN

Nurse pay talks in Health Secretary's court as union could 'pause' strikes

Members of the RCN are due to start a wave of strikes next week

Wales Online · Dec 10, 2022

Nurses’ union ‘ready to pause strikes’ if health secretary agrees to pay talks

RCN has reportedly offered to ‘press pause’ on planned strike action

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022

Exclusive: health unions offer to pause NHS strikes if government join pay talks

Royal College of Nursing and Unison call on health secretary to negotiate with them to avoid action at Christmas and new year

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

Hexham MP tells Question Time audience 'money is tight' when quizzed on strikes

Guy Opperman appeared on Question Time in Bishop Auckland on Thursday

Chronicle Live · Dec 9, 2022

Nurses, trains and Royal Mail: 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 9, 2022

December strikes - dates of industrial action planned by nurses, train unions and Border Force

Train unions, RMT, Eurostar staff, nurses, Royal Mail staff, teachers, airport baggage handlers, driving examiners, bus drivers and border force staff will all go on strike in December

Chronicle Live · Dec 8, 2022

Health unions say Forth Valley Royal report vindicate staff concerns over hospital

A pair of health unions representing NHS staff say the recent report into the state of the hospital have backed up long-held concerns raised by members for some time. The Healthcare Improvement Scotland report, published earlier this week, found som

Daily Record · Dec 8, 2022

Nurses demand to be 'valued' as pay lags behind much of Europe - read letter in full

The Royal College of Nursing has written to Health Secretary Steve Barclay citing this week’s international report by the OECD as “categorical evidence that the United Kingdom values nurses less than others” as they prepare for strike action next Thursday

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

What ambulance strike means for calls, response times and staffing

Ambulance strikes could “make response times incredibly stretched”, NHS Providers chief Saffron Cordery said

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Nurses, trains and Royal Mail: 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 7, 2022