Hundreds of striking nurses march on Downing Street piling pressure on ministers Vehicles on the road beeped as staff made their way towards Westminster Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2023
Healthcare strikes: Thousands of nurses and ambulance workers to walk out on same day More strikes in England and Wales have been announced as the pay row with the Government continues Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2023
Nurses strike: NHS staff march on No 10 as Starmer hits out at Tories’ ‘lethal chaos’ Nurses call further walkouts for next month alongside ambulance workers The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Ambulance staff to join striking nurses with coordinated walkouts next month Union GMB has announced further strike action dates for more than 10,000 ambulance workers The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Rishi Sunak news – live: ‘Lethal chaos’ inflicted on NHS under Tories, Starmer claims NHS and strikes dominate another PMQs session The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
'Out of touch' Tory MP says nurses using food banks should 'budget better' The comment was made by former levelling up secretary and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke as thousands of nurses walk out in a bitter dispute over pay and conditions Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023
Thousands of nurses strike in dispute over pay NHS England said patients should use services ‘wisely’ by going to NHS 111 online but continuing to call 999 in a life-threatening emergency. The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Strikes UK – latest: Health secretary says ‘patients will pay the price’ as nurses prepare to walk out Union criticises Steve Barclay for pitting nurses against patients in ‘new low’ The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
NHS bosses implore ministers to do all they can to end nurses’ strikes Representatives of English trusts ask for ‘a fighting chance’, saying stoppages set back drive to tackle backlog of 7.2m people The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023
Thousands of NHS England nurses go on strike today Staff from more than 55 NHS trusts will take part in industrial action over two days Wales Online · Jan 18, 2023
Thousands of nurses go on strike across England NHS England said patients should use services ‘wisely’ by going to NHS 111 online but continuing to call 999 in a life-threatening emergency. The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Strike action and winter pressures leave NHS in ‘vicious cycle’, leader warns NHS leaders fear there will be a ‘cumulative impact’ of each additional strike day. The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Health secretary tells striking NHS nurses: Take the money and patients will pay the price Exclusive: Steve Barclay said NHS staff could receive a ‘top up’ on pay if savings are made through cuts to ‘administrative burdens’ The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023
I worked for Matt Hancock and I say this: ministers need to pay-up and end the NHS strikes The government should quickly accept it cannot win this dispute, but it can end it, says Richard Sloggett, a former adviser to Matt Hancock at the Department of Health The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023 The true impact of strikes in Britain revealed – £6bn and counting Warning of ‘unsustainable’ hit comes as number of working days lost to strikes hits 30-year high
Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2023 2,000 more ‘excess’ deaths in first week of year ahead of nurses’ strike Grim figures released ahead of nurses going on strike for the second time at hospitals across England
Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2023 Nurses strikes: How much do NHS nurses earn and how does it compare to other jobs? With the strike deadlock between NHS nurses and the government not looking likely to break anytime soon, we’ve looked at what the NHS heroes earn and how this compares with other professions
Manchester Evening News · Jan 16, 2023 Nurses to stage two more strikes next month as bitter pay row rumbles on The Royal College of Nursing said nurses will strike on February 6 and 7
Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2023 Nursing union announces largest set of strikes yet - across 73 trusts Nurses to stage industrial action in 73 trusts across England and Wales
The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023 Nurses to stage two more strikes in February as ministers fail to negotiate on pay demands Escalation ‘understandable’ but ‘very worrying’ as health service ‘already stretched far too thin’, says NHS Providers
Liverpool Echo · Jan 16, 2023 Nurses set to go on strike on two more days next month Next round of industrial action will follow two scheduled strike days later this week
Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2023 Over 1,450 London hospital beds occupied by patients fit to be discharged Lack of capacity leading to gridlock in A&E, health leaders warn
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2023 ‘Nurses have cried with me’: Pat Cullen on strikes, 16-hour shifts and colleagues who can’t afford shoes The leader of the Royal College of Nursing talks about how members are being forced to use food banks, her frustration with the government – and how she learned to be a tough negotiator
Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2023 Health secretary Steve Barclay tells GMB union that strike led to ambulance service that could not guarantee safety Health secretary Steve Barclay has admitted that the level of ambulance cover could not be "relied upon to ensure patient and public safety" during recent strike action.
The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2023 Health Secretary says ambulance strike cover was not enough to keep public safe Steve Barclay has written to the GMB setting out why the UK Government’s anti-strike legislation is needed.