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Amanda Pritchard says ongoing action over pay is having impact but parties are trying to resolve disputeRepeated strikes by health staff are making workloads “more challenging”, the chief executive of NHS England has said.Amanda Pritchard said the ongo…
First joint strike action on 6 February set to seriously affect hospitals and services in England and WalesThe NHS is facing a day of massive disruption next month when nurses and ambulance staff in England and Wales stage an unprecedented joint strike…
Group representing trusts in England warns of disruption to patient care as two days of stoppages beginUK politics live – latest news updatesNHS bosses have implored ministers to “do all you can” to end the strikes that are disrupting care for patients…
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…
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…
PM changes tack to allow negotiations on wages but unions remain frustrated at lack of clear offerUK politics live – latest news updatesStrikes by paramedics and nurses will go ahead from this week despite Rishi Sunak’s major U-turn on allowing new pay…
Nurses’ and ambulance strikes to go ahead after latest round of talks failed to make substantial progress. This live blog is now closedRishi Sunak also insisted in his pooled TV interview that the government was focused on “the people’s priorities”. Re…
PM for first time signals willingness to help with cost of living as ministers prepare for talks with health unionsRishi Sunak has opened the door to a pay deal for striking nurses when ministers meet health unions for talks on Monday after signalling …