The Latest Breaking News on Forcing medical staff to work during strikes could harm care, NHS Providers says

UK’s biggest nursing union prompts alarm among senior officials by calling on intensive care workers to join walkouts

Clare Williams from UNISON said it was time for the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to be clear about his intentions

While local pay bodies are settling with striking workers, Tory ministers are refusing to back down, and will pay the price, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

It is a “season of strikes” for health-care workers in the United Kingdom. Nurses and ambulance workers employed within the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland conducted the largest strike in the organization’s history on Feb. 6, 2023, after initiating strikes in December 2022.

Action took place across 33 hospital trusts on Thursday as a wave of strikes continues to sweep the country, with ambulance workers also due to walk out on Friday.

Industrial unrest continues to sweep the country in bitter disputes over pay, staffing and conditions

The Royal College of Nursing promised that strikes will continue “for as long as it takes” as shattered staff from more than 70 hospitals hit the picket lines with no compromise close

Nurses on picket lines around the North East highlighted how difficult it is for them to choose to strike.

Readers were quick to point out the demands of working in the NHS

More disruption is set to hit health and education in the weeks ahead amid ongoing disputes over pay and working conditions

Union accuses Government of being ‘on strike itself’ as biggest week of industrial action in NHS history continues