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Visa fees: Union bosses say piling costs on migrant NHS nurses is ‘short-sighted’

The Royal College of Nursing has condemned the Home Office visa fee increases

Evening Standard

Nursing bosses call for scrapping of health and care visa increase

The RCN said there are tens of thousands of nursing vacancies in the NHS and more gaps in social care.

The Independent UK

Roberts Communications Network Chooses PlayBox Neo

The media distributor has chosen the AirBox Neo-20 and Capture Suite to meet its needs

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Rishi Sunak blames striking NHS workers for record-high long waiting lists

The prime minister claimed Government was ‘making progress’ on reducing backlog before industrial action

Evening Standard

NHS staff pay rise agreed before ‘higher’ hike for doctors is fair, says No 10

Staff on Agenda for Change contracts were offered a 5% baseline pay rise earlier this year while doctors have been offered a 6% deal.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak driving doctors out of NHS with pay offer, say union leaders

Public service workers in England offered 5%-7% rises but departments must fund them from existing budgets

The Guardian - UK

NHS there ‘for homeless people to royalty’, but needs to care more for nurses

More needs to be done to support nurses on the ground, nursing leaders have said.

The Independent UK

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Strikes cause 650,000 NHS cancellations as Steve Barclay says ‘movement on both sides’ is needed

Health Secretary insists his door is still open for negotiations

Evening Standard

650,000 NHS appointments cancelled so far because of strikes

Later this month, junior doctors are planning to stage the largest walkout in the history of the NHS – a five-day strike from July 13-18

Wales Online

Strikes have caused 650K cancellations – with more on the way

The unprecedented strikes have caused upheaval across the NHS.

The Independent UK

End to nurses’ strike leaves tensions between Pat Cullen and RCN members

The union leader’s standing with nurses has been damaged by a disappointing settlement and the perception of strategic failure

The Guardian - UK

Nurses strikes to end as not enough vote for further walk-outs

The RCN said the fight for fair pay was 'far from over'

Nottingham Post

Nurses strikes end as not enough vote for more action

The RCN said the fight for fair pay was 'far from over'

Wales Online

Nurses strike in England to end as vote turnout not high enough

The Royal College of Nursing balloted its members after the previous six-month mandate for strike action had expired

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The Independent UK

Nurses strikes to end but now senior doctors vote to walk out

Senior medics threaten to strike over two days in July providing only ‘Christmas day’ levels of cover

The Guardian - UK

Nurses fail to vote in sufficient numbers for fresh strikes in England

Fewer than 50% of RCN members voted in ballot, falling short of proportion required for result to stand

Wales Online

Nurses strike called off in Wales as talks with Welsh Government resume

The strike has been paused as nurses hope to get a new agreement on non-pay issues in their job

Daily Mirror

NHS nurse shortage left Britain vulnerable to pandemic, Covid Inquiry told

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) infection control lead Rosemary Gallagher told the Inquiry: 'We know that we went into the pandemic with a significant shortage, about 50,000 nurses short'

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Daily Record

West Lothian dementia nurse scoops top honour at awards ceremony

Melissa Rowlands took home a top prize at the RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards

Daily Mirror

'Windrush gen paved way for me to become NHS nurse - but history can't repeat itself'

Child of the Windrush generation, Estephanie Dunn, calls for the doctors and nurses who arrived 75 years ago to help Britain to be honoured by creating real change now

Bristol Post

Bristol hospital strikes force bosses to freeze some waiting lists

Some unions have accepted a government pay offer while others are still balloting members on industrial action

Evening Standard

Nursing strike vote to be ‘close call’, says union leader

Royal College of Nursing boss Pat Cullen says members feeling ‘pain’ of previous industrial action as ballot to close on Friday

The Guardian - UK

NHS nurses strike in England could reach ‘end of the road’ this week

Royal College of Nursing raises doubts over whether enough members will get postal votes in on time

Multichannel News

Astound Broadband Sets Mobile Rollout Plan

RCN, Grande markets in Massachusetts and Texas to see first offerings this month via partnership with T-Mobile

The Independent UK

Nurses ‘struggling to live’, union leader warns amid new strike ballot

The Royal College of Nursing is currently balloting members in England on further strike action over pay.

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