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Nurses' pay explained as strike set to go ahead after talks fail

Nurses are set to strike on December 15 and again on December 20 in a pay dispute

Nottingham Post

GP's plea after 'unprecedented levels of sickness in community'

The warning came after a number of doctors and staff became ill

Liverpool Echo

Child sexual abuse victim-survivor Azra Beach says those abused in out-of-home care haven't been properly acknowledged

Azra Beach told Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry that she was abused when in foster care. She says the "silence" from the state government since then has been devastating.

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'Support the heroic nurses - and all the other workers forced to strike'

Mirror columnist Polly Hudson on how we should all be supporting our nurses, those who helped us through the pandemic, by supporting their fight to be rewarded fairly for the thankless job they perform

Daily Mirror

Police officers express ‘grave concerns’ at covering ambulance strikes

Chair of Police Federation says request to drive ambulances comes as forces already overstretched

The Guardian - UK

Mums warn of key Strep A symptoms to look out for after children fall ill

Sixteen children have now died in the UK from invasive Strep A illness

Manchester Evening News

Dad who couldn't hold premature daughter properly for four days recalls heartbreak of seeing other parents leave hospital with their babies

"Watching other new parents leave the hospital with their babies at a time when we were unable to do so was very difficult. In fact, it was arguably the toughest part of Evelyn being born so premature"

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Tributes pour in as Dublin-based woman killed in collision named locally

Gobnait Twomey was attending her uncle's funeral when the tragedy struck

Dublin Live

My 80-year-old dad couldn’t get an ambulance, but we still support strikes

Letters: We recognise that workers are striking not only over pay, but also over the dire state the emergency services are in, writes Beverley Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Decent pay would boost nurses’ morale

The Guardian - UK

Woman killed in Cork crash after attending funeral named as locals react to 'pure tragedy'

The physiotherapist was down in her home village of Ballingeary to pay respects to her uncle

Irish Mirror

'Everything was under control for our baby in hospital until staff changeover - hours later he was dead'

"It went all downhill"

Manchester Evening News

Police asked to drive ambulances as paramedics strike

‘Police are not ambulance drivers or qualified paramedics’ – the Police Federation.

The Independent UK

Gavin and Stacey star says country can't be called 'Great' Britain due to state of NHS

Alison Steadman, who played Pam in Gavin and Stacey, criticised Tory ministers for their “ridiculous” and “disgraceful” failure to get round the table with nurses for pay talks

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Daily Record

Body of woman found in remote Shetland outbuilding as probe launched

Cops say the body was found in a remote part of the island this afternoon at around 1:30pm.

Evening Standard

Man and woman charged over Birmingham death of child in 2020 as police dig up garden in search for remains

Man and woman in their forties have been charged

Belfast Live

Mature student secures lifelong dream post in Derry after returning to education to graduate in Nursing

"I took the plunge at the age of 48 to get back into education and follow my dream to become a nurse."

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland RCN nursing strikes set to go ahead after government talks fail

Their first strike day is this Thursday

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Manchester Evening News

Hundreds of patients still waiting for help even after ambulance service's desperate plea

There are still some 300 emergency calls waiting to be taken in the North West, more than 300 patients waiting for an ambulance, and over 40 emergency vehicles suffering 'substantial waits' to handover patients to hospital medics

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a horrific board game’: 33 hours inside an NHS in crisis

Crammed wards, burned-out GPs, patients waiting hours for ambulances – the health service is at breaking point

The Independent UK

Music, exercise, gray hair: Pandemic practices that live on

The pandemic disrupted our traditions, practices and pursuits

Daily Record

West Lothian man fronts campaign aimed at getting veterans to open up about their mental health

Sean Brogan, from Livingston, is one of five armed forces veterans acting as the face of the new campaign.

Wales Online

Midwives and maternity support staff across Wales vote to take industrial action

The Royal College of Midwives claims the 'disappointing and unacceptable' 4% pay offer from the Welsh Government 'reinforced their feelings of being overlooked and undervalued'

Daily Record

OAP with broken hip 'strapped to plank of wood' in van to hospital amid ambulance shortage

Nicole Lea discovered her 89-year-old grandad on the floor of his home and was left with no option after being told an ambulance wasn't coming.

Liverpool Echo

Almost 300 Mersey Care staff to strike in row over pay

GMB union said "NHS is on life support" as more action confirmed

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