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

Nurses pledge tougher new strikes as NHS crisis deepens

Nursing union gives ministers until Thursday to open pay talks as first signs emerge of bid to end dispute and prevent NHS collapse

The Guardian - UK

'Forget nurses - billionaires have far more to lose after making fortune during Covid'

Britain's billionaires became 20% wealthier during Covid. If they were to have their salaries cut by 7% that would be a huge amount, so it wouldn’t be fair to do things that way round, says Mark Steel

Daily Mirror

Public support for nurses’ strike piles pressure on Sunak and divides Tories

Observer poll shows 60% of public back strike, with some Conservatives urging PM to give ground to nurses while others demand he hold firm

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Tory ex-minister John Redwood ridiculed over 'stupid' Twitter suggestion to fix NHS

John Redwood, whose account is not a parody - we checked - took to Twitter early this morning with his plan for tackling NHS backlogs. It was immediately branded "the stupidest tweet of the year".

Daily Mirror

Strikes putting cancer survival rates at risk, charity boss warns MPs

The planned industrial action by nurses and ambulance workers pose a serious threat to cancer patients, Michelle Mitchell said.

The Independent UK

Strikes putting cancer survival rates at risk, charity boss warns MPs - OLD

The planned industrial action by nurses and ambulance workers pose a serious threat to cancer patients, Michelle Mitchell said.

The Independent UK

Scramble to free up hospital beds ahead of ambulance strike

NHS bosses warn of ’extensive disruption’ as mass walkouts loom

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'As the NHS struggles the Tories should do everything they can to broker fair pay deal'

As the NHS battles with rising flu and Covid rates, its nurses have been forced to go out on strike to get a fair pay deal so the government should be doing all it can to broker a deal

Daily Mirror

‘Macho’ Barclay is hampering the settlement of nurses’ dispute, says RCN leader

The Health Secretary has been accused of undervaluing the work of nurses because it is a ‘90% female profession’.

The Independent UK

16,000 appointments postponed during nurses’ strike, NHS data shows

Some 10,000 staff in England, as well as nurses in Wales and Northern Ireland, took part in the 12-hour action in a bitter dispute over pay.

The Independent UK

Ministers warned cancer survival rates could fall due to NHS staff and pay crises

Exclusive: Head of Cancer Research UK says waiting lists for care could get even longer unless health service’s problems are fixed

The Guardian - UK

I’m a former Tory minister and a doctor – and I say give striking nurses a better pay deal

NHS workers in Scotland have been offered close to 8%. Surely their colleagues in England deserve as much, says Dan Poulter, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich and a former health minister

The Guardian - UK

Labour's Wes Streeting says NHS is facing 'existential crisis' and needs reform

The Shadow Health Secretary also used a speech at the Policy Exchange think-tank to urge Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay to hold face-to-face talks with unions to avert further strike action from nurses at 'breaking point'

Daily Mirror

Nurses strikes: What are the demands and what is the government offering?

Industrial action is biggest by nurses in NHS history

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Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: Strike stories from the picket line

The Royal College of Nursing say they’ve been left with no alternative but to hold the biggest industrial action in NHS history.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak resists pressure to negotiate with nurses on pay to avert strikes

The Prime Minister insisted the offer was ‘appropriate and fair’.

The Guardian - UK

Pressure on ministers to avert NHS strikes ahead of ‘very challenging’ week

NHS Providers boss says nurses’ strike had ‘significant impact’ as senior Tories urge government to negotiate

Daily Mirror

Nurse who treated Boris Johnson for Covid says they've 'had enough' as strikes to escalate

Jenny McGee - who resigned last year over the "lack of respect" for the profession - blasted the government as the RCN warned walkouts are set to be more widespread in January

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Evening Standard

Louise Thompson hails NHS nurses as ‘champs’ amid national strike action

The Made In Chelsea star, 32, said the Government needed to act to improve conditions for nursing staff

The Independent UK

What the papers say – December 16

A display of kindness from striking nurses features among Friday’s front pages.

Wales Online

Boris Johnson’s intensive care nurse says 'we've had enough'

The profession is 'terribly understaffed' and nurses 'just want a fair wage', insists Jenny McGee

Daily Mirror

'Nurses who served during pandemic should not have been forced into strike action'

Nurses were forced into this position because the Health Secretary Steve Barclay chose the path of confrontation over negotiation

Daily Mirror

Health Secretary slammed for turning his back on striking nurses out in the cold

Health Secretary Steve Barclay was slammed for turning his back on nurses and their patients as tens of thousands walked out today in the biggest strike in the RCN's 106-year history

The Independent UK

‘We’ve had enough’ – Boris Johnson’s intensive care nurse

Jenny McGee cared for the former prime minister when he became seriously ill with Covid-19.

Daily Mirror

Nurses on picket lines say striking is 'gut-wrenching' but Tories are 'destroying NHS'

The Mirror joined striking nurses who shared their experience during industrial action today. They described their exhaustion and pain at having to strike while patients need them

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