RCN Strikes: Hospitals brace themselves for 'exceptionally low' staff as nurses prepare to strike The latest walkout comes as the health service warns that, due to nearly six months of strike action, the number of rescheduled appointments is set to hit half a million next w...
The union says burnout and the U.K.'s cost-of-living crisis are driving doctors away from the public health service. The union said newly qualified medics earn just 14.09 pounds ($17) an hour. Other health workers, including nurses and paramedics, have also staged strikes in recent months...
The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill(12-page / 184KB PDF) was introduced into the UK parliament earlier this week. The Bill is, in essence, draft framework legislation – it makes provision for minimum service levels to be stipulated for health services, fire and rescue services, educati...
who make up about half of the total medical workforce and form the backbone of hospital and clinic care. They will receive a 22% pay increase over two years in return for ending a series of strikes that piled pressure on the chronically overstretched National Health Service, ...
Background: The UK National Health Service (NHS) is one of the largest employers in the world and employs around 360,000 registered nurses. Following a protracted pay dispute in December 2022 NHS nurses engaged in industrial action resulting in the largest nurse strikes in the 74-year history ...
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Education workers rally in London during a day of strikes across the U.K., February 1, 2023. Getty "Primary schools where you can't find special needs assistants because they're taking jobs in supermarkets, where they are paid better — that's what's making people take action," s...
Julian Hartley, chief executive of NHS Providers, said the series of strikes by junior doctors had cost the NHS £1 billion ($1.2 billion). Hospitals were having to "pay premium rates to consultants" to cover for the medics, he told BBC radio. ...
Strikes every day before Christmas - which sectors are affected and why Armed forces cover for ambulance staff Government could fast-track NHS pay rise Meanwhile, reports said the government could fast-track an NHS pay rise next year. The Daily Telegraph reported that Health Secret...
It maintained that authorities can’t make a pay offer during the preelection period but the union refused to call off the strikes. Manirajan said it was unfortunate that the government chose to call an election while knowing that the dispute was unresolved. The doctors’ union said ...