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NI nurses working 12 hours a day full-time struggling to put food on table for their families

"I've never known it to be this bad."

Belfast Live

Hundreds of NHS vacancies in Bristol as record numbers of staff leave the sector

The Royal College of Nursing Union is asking members if they want to take industrial action

Bristol Post

‘Exhausted, underpaid & leaving in droves’: Why London’s nurses are voting to strike

As the Royal College of Nurses prepares to announce results of a strike ballot of its 300,000 members, Daniel Keane speaks to the nurses saying ‘enough is enough’

Evening Standard

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How much are nurses paid as voting starts in biggest-ever national strike ballot

The Royal College of Nursing is holding its first ever nationwide strike ballot as over 300,000 nurses across the UK are voting on whether to stage a walkout over pay

Daily Mirror

300,000 NHS nurses to vote to strike for the first time as pay shrinks

New research has shown the average weekly pay for NHS nurses was reduced by six percent in real terms in the last decade

Liverpool Echo

UK nurses: share your views on the RCN strike ballot

300,000 nurses across the UK are to be balloted about going on strike over their 5% pay increase

The Guardian - UK

Nurses begin vote on strike action over pay for first time in history

The Royal College of Nursing says figures show that pay for nurses has declined at twice the rate of the private sector in the last decade

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Nurses to vote on strikes in Royal College of Nursing’s first ever UK-wide ballot

Royal College of Nursing launches first UK-wide ballot on industrial action

The Independent UK

Nurses balloted for strike action for first time ever over pay

It would be the first time in the 106 years since the Royal College of Nursing was created

Wales Online

Nurses start ‘once in a generation’ vote on strikes over pay

London nurses told the Standard they had reached a ‘point of desperation’

Evening Standard

Nurses start voting on possible strike action for more pay

RCN to ballot its 300,000 members over whether to take industrial action

Wales Online

Hospitals face nurse walkout as union ballots members on strike action

The union is demanding action on pay and staff shortages

Nottingham Post

Nurses across UK to vote in first ever RCN strike ballot over pay

Major disruption to NHS over winter feared if ballot of 300,000 staff over 5% pay increase results in industrial action

The Guardian - UK

Nurses start voting on strikes over pay

The Royal College of Nursing is launching its first UK-wide ballot on industrial action.

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

NHS nurses vote whether to go on strike for first time as pay shrinks

Hundreds of thousands of NHS nurses will vote today on whether to go on strike as a decade of Tory rule has seen their pay fall by twice as much as their private counterparts

Wales Online

NHS Wales has close to 3,000 nursing vacancies as spend on agency staff soars

The health service also spent £133.4m on nursing and midwifery agency staff in 2021-22 to plug gaps in rotas – an increase of 41% compared to the previous year

Daily Mirror

Veteran nurse's heartbreak as colleagues forced to quit due to stress in 'broken NHS'

June Ramsay, 55, has worked as an NHS nurse for 35 years, but after decades inside the health service she has been left "terrified" at how nurses are being increasingly burned out and worn down

The Guardian - UK

Tin-eared Liz Truss is obsessed by tax cuts, so why shouldn’t NHS nurses strike?

If ministers can afford £150bn for energy bills, they can afford to pay nurses more, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Guardian - UK

NHS is ‘over the precipice’, warns nurses’ leader as strike vote looms

Low-paid workforce could leave the profession in droves, with very survival of health service at risk

The Independent UK

Royal College of Nursing pauses strike ballot following Queen’s death

‘Out of respect, the NHS pay ballot due to open next week will be delayed’, the RCN has said.

Daily Mirror

Two thirds of public support nurses strike ahead of historic ballot on walkout

The Royal College of Nurses is set to ballot 300,000 members this month for the first time in its 100 year history as polling data shows 64% of the public support strikes

The Guardian - UK

The UK’s new official opposition: how powerful union leaders are taking on the Tories

As the cost of living crisis bites, leaders of barristers to bin collectors are becoming a force to be reckoned with

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland nurses to be balloted for strike action

"Nursing staff in Northern Ireland do not even know if they will receive a pay award this year"

The Independent UK

Slump in nursing course acceptances will worsen staffing crisis – union boss

There are 21,130 accepted applicants onto nursing courses this year compared with 22,690 last year, the RCN said.

Daily Mirror

Nurse who does six 13-hour shifts in a row says 'we are undervalued' as strike looms

The Royal College of Nursing has said it is expecting its angry and determined members to vote for change, but acknowledged that strikes are always a last resort

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