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The month in UK strikes: a calendar of December’s planned stoppages

A tally of strikes announced by health workers, firefighters, teachers, lecturers, civil servants and transport, postal and security workers

The Guardian - UK

A GP, A&E consultant and Manchester’s chief medical officer explain why our NHS is in trouble - and what people can do to speed up their treatment

“You’d expect a lull in the summer, but July became December. All of the emergency departments are full to the rafters”

Manchester Evening News

North East Ambulance Service workers vote to strike amid ongoing NHS pay dispute

The announcement comes after the Royal College of Nursing also announced that their NHS nurses in Newcastle, Northumbria, Gateshead trusts will be holding days of industrial action in the lead up to Christmas for the same reason.

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Nurses’ strike is about more than pay – it’s about ensuring good care

For the first time its 106-year history, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the UK’s largest nursing union, has voted to take strike action. Nurses in the UK have been on strike before and achieved change, but the scale of this strike is extraordinary.

The Conversation

Full list of NHS trusts where nurses will strike - with no Greater Manchester hospitals taking part

100,000 nurses plan to walk-out on December 15 and 20

Manchester Evening News

'Nurses should be paid more' as strike action set for December

People have shown their support as nurses prepare to strike for two days

Liverpool Echo

Newcastle, Gateshead and Northumbria NHS trust nurses set to strike just days before Christmas

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is hosting its first ever national acts of industrial action next month in a massive pay and conditions dispute

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Up to 100,000 nursing staff to walk out next month over pay - with four London trusts affected

Royal College of Nursing confirms location of December strikes across the UK

Evening Standard

Everywhere nurses will walk out on December 15 and 20 as strikes confirmed

The RCN said it had been left with 'no choice'

Wales Online

Nurses confirm 76 NHS trusts where they will strike before Christmas - see full list

The Royal College of Nursing has announced 76 NHS trusts and services will see up to 100,000 strike walkouts next month during an expected winter of discontent

Daily Mirror

Nurses across Liverpool to strike on two days next month as one says 'we're in dire straits'

The Royal College of Nursing confirmed strike action affecting all city trusts

Liverpool Echo

Fury as striking nurses set to be offered 'free tea and coffee' over better pay

The Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said his 'door is open' to resume talks with nurses' union over working conditions as staff set to walkout on 15 and 20 December

Daily Mirror

Union says nursing shortages will get worse as student numbers plunge 2,000 in a year

The Royal College of Nursing fears the shortfall in England could soar 140,000 by 2030/31 due to Tory Government failures to tackle the workforce crisis. Nurses are striking on December 15 and 20

Daily Mirror

NHS cancer care to be seriously disrupted by nurses’ strike action

Royal College of Nursing finalising areas to be affected, leaving patients in England and Wales unable to receive some treatments

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Manchester Evening News

Nursing strike dates revealed - what we know as thousands of staff to walk out

Here's what we know so far

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says nurse pay rise demands ‘obviously unaffordable’

Nurses want an above inflation pay rise to help plug tens of thousands of vacancies

Manchester Evening News

Union to announce NHS services exempt from nursing strike

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced its members will stage a national strike on December 15 and 20

The Guardian - UK

Minister becomes eighth Tory MP to announce they are stepping down at next election – as it happened

Complaints under investigation now range from his time as justice secretary, foreign secretary and Brexit secretary

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The Guardian - UK

Nurses across UK to strike for first time on 15 and 20 December

Royal College of Nursing confirms action in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after government ‘refuses’ to enter pay talks

The Independent UK

Nurses to strike on two days next month as NHS pay row escalates

Royal College of Nursing chief says ministers declined offer to open formal pay negotiations

Daily Mirror

NHS nurses' strike dates announced in week before Christmas as Tories ignore pay talk pleas

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which represents two thirds of NHS nurses, will stage its first ever national walkout on December 15 and 20 as Health Secretary Steve Barclay refuses to even discuss pay

The Guardian - UK

Nurses to strike for two days as December disruption deepens

Royal College of Nursing announces unprecedented action, likely to to be first in a series of strikes by NHS staff over winter

The Independent UK

RCN criticises Health Secretary over negotiating stance in nursing dispute

Steve Barclay has a ‘lack of intention and inability’ to see the urgency of the situation, officials have said.

The Independent UK

Public backs nurses striking over pay and patient care, poll suggests

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for ‘detailed negotiations’ on pay in the next five days or it will announce strike dates for December.

The National (Scotland)

Royal College of Nursing warns of UK-wide strikes as early as December

THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for “detailed negotiations” on pay in the next five days or it will announce strike dates for…

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