The Latest Breaking News from Royal College of Nursing

NHS workers could be banned from striking, No 10 suggests

Downing Street refuses to rule out suggestion laws will be used to stem strikes across health service

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Ambulance workers and NHS staff to strike days before Christmas in pay row

The strike will happen a day after members of the Royal College of Nursing stage their second walkout, also over pay.

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Thousands of Army staff being trained to help cover strike action

Military could step in as ambulance drivers and firefighters

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2022

Nurse explains why she is going on strike

The Liverpool nurse said she had heard of nurses who can't afford Christmas presents for their kids

Liverpool Echo · Dec 2, 2022

The month in UK strikes: a calendar of December’s planned stoppages

A tally of strikes announced by health workers, firefighters, teachers, lecturers, civil servants and transport, postal and security workers

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022

A GP, A&E consultant and Manchester’s chief medical officer explain why our NHS is in trouble - and what people can do to speed up their treatment

“You’d expect a lull in the summer, but July became December. All of the emergency departments are full to the rafters”

Manchester Evening News · Nov 30, 2022

North East Ambulance Service workers vote to strike amid ongoing NHS pay dispute

The announcement comes after the Royal College of Nursing also announced that their NHS nurses in Newcastle, Northumbria, Gateshead trusts will be holding days of industrial action in the lead up to Christmas for the same reason.

Chronicle Live · Nov 30, 2022

Nurses’ strike is about more than pay – it’s about ensuring good care

For the first time its 106-year history, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the UK’s largest nursing union, has voted to take strike action. Nurses in the UK have been on strike before and achieved change, but the scale of this strike is extraordinary.

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022

Full list of NHS trusts where nurses will strike - with no Greater Manchester hospitals taking part

100,000 nurses plan to walk-out on December 15 and 20

Manchester Evening News · Nov 30, 2022

'Nurses should be paid more' as strike action set for December

People have shown their support as nurses prepare to strike for two days

Liverpool Echo · Nov 29, 2022