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

Emergency service workers are set to strike on December 21 2022, to demand better pay. The strike action is happening as the UK is witnessing the worst ambulance handover delays on record. Thousands of patients are having to wait outside AEs up and down the country in the back of…

A number of strikes will be taking place across multiple sectors

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged unions to consider whether the action was ‘really necessary’.

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose daughter has cystic fibrosis, confronts health secretary during London hospital visit

Unite boss Sharon Graham said "the unions are not going to blink first"

On strike days, ambulances will only attend an incident if there is an 'immediate risk to life'

Sarah Pinnington-Auld, whose three-year-old daughter Lucy has cystic fibrosis, told Steve Barclay staff are 'worked to the bone' and 'the damage you’re doing to families like myself is terrible'

Chief executive of NHS Providers urged the Government and unions to come to an agreement on pay

So far, the Government has stood firm on its stance on pay, saying the rise demanded by trade unions is unaffordable.

Unions won’t ‘blink first’, insists Unite chief – as RCN warns of January strikes if no pay talks

Mere commitment to discuss pay, so far refused by health secretary, would now be insufficient