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NHS will do all it can to ‘minimise harm’ during nursing strike, says leader

NHS hospitals will do all they can to “minimise harm to patients” if nurses go on strike, a national health leader has said, adding that industrial action is about more than pay. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which ...

10 Nov 2022 at 12:30

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“To hear that GPs are under performing, in my eyes, is nonsense.”

Anthony Murray, who was sadly recently diagnosed with bowel cancer, has said he has nothing but praise for his treatment from the NHS. The 56-year-old was urged by loved ones to go get checked and the results confirmed the devastating news. ...

08 Nov 2021 at 13:46

Northern Ireland

Nurses expected to take industrial action before end of year

NHS operations and appointments are set to be cancelled after a historic vote by nurses to strike over pay. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said its members in the majority of NHS employers across the UK had backed industrial action. ...

09 Nov 2022 at 21:45

Derry News

ARC Fitness founder short-listed for Nurse of the Year 2022

Founder of ARC Fitness, Gary Rutherford, has been nominated and subsequently short-listed for Nurse of the Year at the RCN Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year Awards 2022. The RCN Nursing Awards celebrate the incredible contributions to ...

23 Mar 2022 at 18:04

Northern Ireland

Government urged to listen to nurses after historic vote to strike over pay

Nurses have urged politicians to “get round the table” and start addressing their concerns to avoid disruptive strike action which would see NHS operations and appointments cancelled in a mass walkout. The nursing union’s boss said ...

10 Nov 2022 at 01:01

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Royal College of Nursing Council approves December dates for industrial action and strike action in Northern Ireland

Following the news that members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Northern Ireland have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action, including strike action, over the nurse staffing and pay crisis, RCN Council met on 12 ...

13 Nov 2019 at 17:39

Northern Ireland

RCN must do more to avoid patient harm during nurses’ strike – health leaders

The nursing union must do more to “avoid patient harm” and “alleviate unnecessary distress” for dying patients when nurses go on strike later this week, health leaders have said. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) responded that ...

13 Dec 2022 at 21:24

Northern Ireland

Strikes: Thousands of nurses stage second walkout in row over pay

Thousands of nurses are staging a second walkout in a row over pay as a series of strikes hits the UK in the run-up to Christmas. Around a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England are taking part in the strike, ...

20 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Health workers take to the picket lines in Northern Ireland

Thousands of health workers are taking part in strike action across Northern Ireland. Paramedics are among the workers taking part at picket lines across the region on Thursday. Workers with the unions Nipsa, Unison and ...

26 Jan 2023 at 17:38

Northern Ireland

NHS plans stress-test ahead of possible strikes and winter pressure

The NHS in England has been ordered to stress-test the system ahead of severe winter pressures and possible mass-strikes from health workers. Health leaders have ordered a “multi-day exercise” – called exercise Arctic ...

01 Nov 2022 at 16:44

Northern Ireland

Hundreds of hospital appointments postponed as nurses take part in strike

Hundreds of appointments and procedures at hospitals across Northern Ireland were postponed or cancelled as nurses took part in strike action. On the picket lines in Belfast nurses spoke of an effective pay cut over ...

15 Dec 2022 at 20:04

Northern Ireland

Rishi Sunak says nurses’ pay demands ‘not affordable’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said pay demands from unions representing nurses are “not affordable,” as the threat of strike action that will hit operations and appointments looms. Mr Sunak said he shared the ...

10 Nov 2022 at 20:25

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