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Strikes by nurses to end as ballot on more action fails to meet legal threshold

Royal College of Nursing announces that only 43% took part in the ballot - below the legal threshold of 50% required by the 2016 Trade Union Act

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

Surgeons are latest medics to drop opposition to assisted dying being legalised

The Royal College of Surgeons voted to fall in line with the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Nursing

Daily Mirror

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Nurses begin new walkouts in Wales as pay row continues

The Royal College of Nursing has called on the Welsh Government to reopen negotiations.

The Independent UK

Patients at risk of serious harm from 'corridor care' at A&E units, nurses warn

The Royal College of Nursing’s annual congress heard one doctor had to give a cancer diagnosis in a crowded corridor and that failings are causing 'catastrophic harm'

Daily Mirror

Health Secretary Steve Barclay and nursing union leader Pat Cullen to meet as pay row continues

The Royal College of Nursing, that is holding its annual conference, has warned that strikes could go on until Christmas

Evening Standard

Nursing union calls for new pay talks as teachers and doctors hold strike ballots

Senior doctors and teachers are being balloted for strike action

Evening Standard

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Nurses are living in poverty, says RCN chief Pat Cullen

Nurses are to be balloted over the prospect of further strikes after rejecting the Government’s revised pay offer.

The Independent UK

NHS pay offer accepted by most health unions

Health leaders have said that the deal ‘will not draw a line in the sand’.

The Independent UK

Police called to Glasgow hospitals 4,400 times as 'worrying' new figures emerge

The nearly 10,000 incidents across Scotland, predominantly involving violence and aggression towards staff and patients, have been recorded since 2018, with almost half of all instances occurring within the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.

Glasgow Live

RCN and train drivers’ union dispute ministers’ claims about their strikes

Nurses union head clashes with Steve Barclay over plans to protect patients and RMT rows with Mark Harper about striking on eve of Eurovision final

The Guardian - UK

Nurses have worked ‘tirelessly’ to ensure strike is safe for patients, says RCN

The Royal College of Nursing will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday after rejecting the latest Government offer.

The Independent UK

NHS braced for large-scale disruption as nurses prepare for 28-hour strike

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday night.

The Independent UK

"I could earn the same at Aldi": Nurse explains why she's striking this weekend - but thinks hospitals will cope

"It’s not like there’s not going to be any nurses around"

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The Guardian - UK

Ministers set to impose NHS pay deal on staff despite opposition of unions

Move is apparently designed to isolate the Royal College of Nursing, which is due to begin another strike

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GMB union members vote to accept Government's pay offer for healthcare workers

Unions have been divided by the offer, with members of the Royal College of Nursing planning to strike this weekend after rejecting it

Daily Mirror

Ambulance strikes to return as Unite members REJECT government's 'joke' pay offer

Emergency workers in Unite have joined the members of the Royal College of Nursing in rejecting the 5% pay rise. Ambulance staff are now planning to take more strike action

France 24

British High Court ruling shortens planned nurses’ strike

Britain’s High Court ruled Thursday that part of a strike by thousands of nurses planned for next week is illegal, handing a small victory to the government in its bitter dispute with public sector unions.

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Daily Mirror

Nurses' 48-hour Bank Holiday hospital strike is illegal, court rules

Health Secretary Steve Barclay took the Royal College of Nursing to court after warning the union does not have a mandate to stage the walkout beginning this weekend

Evening Standard

Nurses strike on May 2 ruled ‘unlawful’ as RCN’s upcoming 48-hour walkout is curtailed

Strikes could continue ‘for next six months’ following legal fight, warns Royal College of Nursing

Evening Standard

Government to seek court order to stop next month’s nursing strike

Health Secretary Steve Barclay will seek a court order to prevent members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England from going on strike on May 2.

The Guardian - UK

RCN chief: legal action over nurses’ strikes is ‘blatant threat’

Pat Cullen said health secretary’s attempt to block 48-hour nurses’ strike was ‘cruel’ and ‘unacceptable’

Daily Mirror

Britain backs the nurses as poll shows 56% support decision to reject Tory pay offer

The Redfield & Wilton poll found three times as many people supported the Royal College of Nursing decision to reject the 5% pay rise than disagreed

Evening Standard

Royal College of Nursing boss warns ministers to prepare for all-out strike

Ministers were given a stark two-week warning on Monday to prepare for an all-out strike by the Royal College of Nursing amid growing fears over its impact on patients.

Daily Mirror

Cancer and A&E nurses WILL join 'super-strike' as Tories refuse to budge on pay

The Royal College of Nursing will hold a round-the-clock 48-hour strike from 8pm on Sunday, April 30 to 8pm on Tuesday, May 2, including the Bank Holiday Monday

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