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Nurses start voting on strikes over pay

The Royal College of Nursing is launching its first UK-wide ballot on industrial action.

The Independent UK

NHS nurses vote whether to go on strike for first time as pay shrinks

Hundreds of thousands of NHS nurses will vote today on whether to go on strike as a decade of Tory rule has seen their pay fall by twice as much as their private counterparts

Daily Mirror

NHS Wales has close to 3,000 nursing vacancies as spend on agency staff soars

The health service also spent £133.4m on nursing and midwifery agency staff in 2021-22 to plug gaps in rotas – an increase of 41% compared to the previous year

Wales Online

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Veteran nurse's heartbreak as colleagues forced to quit due to stress in 'broken NHS'

June Ramsay, 55, has worked as an NHS nurse for 35 years, but after decades inside the health service she has been left "terrified" at how nurses are being increasingly burned out and worn down

Daily Mirror

Tin-eared Liz Truss is obsessed by tax cuts, so why shouldn’t NHS nurses strike?

If ministers can afford £150bn for energy bills, they can afford to pay nurses more, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

NHS is ‘over the precipice’, warns nurses’ leader as strike vote looms

Low-paid workforce could leave the profession in droves, with very survival of health service at risk

The Guardian - UK

Royal College of Nursing pauses strike ballot following Queen’s death

‘Out of respect, the NHS pay ballot due to open next week will be delayed’, the RCN has said.

The Independent UK

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Two thirds of public support nurses strike ahead of historic ballot on walkout

The Royal College of Nurses is set to ballot 300,000 members this month for the first time in its 100 year history as polling data shows 64% of the public support strikes

Daily Mirror

The UK’s new official opposition: how powerful union leaders are taking on the Tories

As the cost of living crisis bites, leaders of barristers to bin collectors are becoming a force to be reckoned with

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland nurses to be balloted for strike action

"Nursing staff in Northern Ireland do not even know if they will receive a pay award this year"

Belfast Live

Slump in nursing course acceptances will worsen staffing crisis – union boss

There are 21,130 accepted applicants onto nursing courses this year compared with 22,690 last year, the RCN said.

The Independent UK

Nurse who does six 13-hour shifts in a row says 'we are undervalued' as strike looms

The Royal College of Nursing has said it is expecting its angry and determined members to vote for change, but acknowledged that strikes are always a last resort

Daily Mirror

Nurses in England and Wales to vote on strike over pay

Royal College of Nursing heads urge its members to vote for industrial action

Evening Standard

NHS faces winter of strikes as nurses and professionals ballot over pay

‘Kick in the teeth’: Pay award is far below inflation rate

The Independent UK

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Reuters

Nurses in England and Wales to vote on strike action over pay

Hundreds of thousands of nurses in England and Wales will vote next month on whether to strike in a row over pay, the trade union representing them said on Tuesday, threatening further disruption to an already understaffed health service.

Daily Mirror

Nurses will start voting on their first ever strike in protest at NHS pay

A ballot will open next month for hundreds of thousands of nurses to walk out over a 4.75% rise - which is a real-terms cut in the cost-of-living crisis. It would be their first ever strike in England

Manchester Evening News

'Defining' moment as nurses will start voting next month on whether to strike over pay

Royal College of Nursing officials said the current NHS staffing crisis was causing “unacceptable risk” to patients and staff

Wales Online

Nurses will vote on whether to walk out over pay

If RCN members support strike action, it will be its first ever walkout by staff in Wales and England

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The Independent UK

Nurses to start voting next month on whether to strike over pay

If its members support strike action, it will be the first ever strike by Royal College of Nursing members in England or Wales.

Daily Mirror

Desperate NHS nurses selling back their days off in face of soaring cost of living

NHS staff have been offered a below-inflation pay award by the Government which unions blasted as a 'kick in the teeth' and another real-terms pay cut as workers pick up extra shifts for cash

Chronicle Live

North East NHS nurse warns 'tide is turning' and warns colleagues are discussing strike action in response to 'big mistake' pay offer

NHS nurse Sophie said health service staff were burnt out and seriously considering industrial action.

Daily Mirror

NHS workers 'threaten strike in autumn' amid pay row after below-inflation offer

Medical organisations will meet on Friday to discuss industrial action as NHS staff consider striking after a below-inflation pay rise offer

The Independent UK

Bereaved families demand ‘core’ role in UK Covid inquiry as ‘investigative’ phase begins

‘We need to have the right to challenge the government’: the next stage of the inquiry kicks off on Thursday

Chronicle Live

NHS nurses to hold strike vote 'immediately' following 'pitiful' real pay cut

The Royal College of Nursing held an emergency meeting last night and has 'immediately and unanimously decided to ballot our members now'

The Independent UK

NHS nurses to vote on strike action after emergency meeting over pay ‘contempt’

‘It’s time now to stand up and say enough is enough for our profession,’ Royal College of Nursing general secretary says

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