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Lib Dems condemn ‘scandalous situation’ as local authorities turn to agencies amid shortage of care spaces for people leaving hospitalPrivate brokers are making millions of pounds a year finding care home beds for NHS patients who are fit to leave hosp…
Rishi Sunak portrays union chiefs as leftwing militants but some leaders are succeeding in blaming the impasse on No 10 – and half of voters agree• Read more: Most UK voters still back strikes by nurses and ambulance crewsSara Gorton thought the Covid …
RCN says if progress not made on pay negotiations, action in February will include all eligible members in EnglandDouble the number of nurses will be asked to strike in early February in a bid to increase pressure on the government, union leaders have …
Public support for industrial action by health workers remains strong in the face of government claims it is putting lives at risk A majority of voters continue to support striking nurses and ambulance workers, despite government claims that they are p…
Health secretary Steve Barclay urges unions to lobby PM over improved pay offer for striking nurses and ambulance workersThe health and social care secretary Steve Barclay has privately urged trade unions to help him make the case to the Treasury and N…
In letter to Rishi Sunak, GMB union members say they feel ‘utterly betrayed’ by attempts to portray them as ‘uncaring about safety’A group of ambulance workers has sent a furious letter to the prime minister saying they feel “utterly betrayed” by the g…
Gareth Roberts, 65, and Domingo David, 63, most likely to have caught virus from colleagues or patientsThe deaths of two nurses from Covid-19 in the early days of the pandemic have been ruled as industrial disease.Gareth Roberts, 65, of Aberdare, and D…
Warnings of ‘great cost’ to individuals, workplaces and the economy as people struggle to access diagnosis and treatmentADHD awareness hassoared among women in the UK in the past year, but waiting times and the dearth of clinical awareness are leaving …
Leader of the Labour party made the comments during a speech on Brexit in Northern IrelandThe UK culture secretary, Michelle Donelan, has said she is “not ruling out” changing the online safety bill to allow regulators to prosecute social media bosses …
Downing Street warns ministers there will be no extra funding as they look for way to solve industrial disputeUK politics live – latest news updatesDowning Street has warned health ministers they will have to find savings from their own budget if they …