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Unidentifiable woman standing in front of the flag of Scotland places 'Yes' vote in ballot box as RCN members in Scotland vote to accept NHS pay offer

Union tells SNP government the ‘narrowly agreed’ pay deal in Scotland will not be enough t

21 Mar 2023
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Illustration of a tick against a 'No' box, as cross-union group calls for nurses to reject new pay offer

NHS Workers Say No group says new offer ‘will do little to address the long-term recruitme

20 Mar 2023
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Senior nurse Tara Iles (second from left) with staff at the Southmead Hospital menopause café in Bristol

Senior nurse Tara Iles, who set up the initiative, wanted nursing and other healthcare sta

20 Mar 2023
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Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay says funding for nurse pay offer will be ‘a matter for the chancellor’

Government will not increase its spring budget to pay for it, raising concerns the money w

17 Mar 2023
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Poll of 2,750 Nursing Standard readers on Twitter revealed 89% did not think the pay offer

17 Mar 2023
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The brothers died on consecutive days while under the care of the nurse, who is accused of

17 Mar 2023
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RCN and the DHSC have agreed to put forward a pay increase of 5% for 2023-24, and a one-of

16 Mar 2023
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Strikers at the University Hospital of North Durham

New offer could be a one-off payment for this year and a maximum of 5%

16 Mar 2023
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Photo of nurses on the picket line at St Thomas' Hospital in London

A nurse-led petition is urging the RCN to restart walkouts in England because there is ‘no

16 Mar 2023
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivering his Budget speech in the House of Commonsv

Chancellor’s statement leaves health and care workers with ‘little reas

15 Mar 2023
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Hospital boss refused to remove nurse from neonatal unit despite senior paediatrician’s co

15 Mar 2023
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Caroline MacDonald (left) and Rachel Hext

Nurse who faces losing her home and job will deliver petition to Downin

15 Mar 2023

Without immediate measures to address pay and working conditions, the Government risks an e

14 Mar 2023

Nursing staff offered extra hours by trust as nurses’ union warns members against undermini

14 Mar 2023

NHS trust’s administrative mistake meant nurse continued to receive her former salary for a

14 Mar 2023

NHS staff survey shows only 60% of nurses in England would be satisfied to do so, and revea

10 Mar 2023

Critics respond to claims that the Treasury may remove specific nursing numbers from its lo

10 Mar 2023

Talks with health unions so far described as ‘constructive and meaningfu

09 Mar 2023

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