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RCN leader Pat Cullen standing down in bid to become MP

The head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced she is stepping down to try to become an MP in the General Election. Pat Cullen, who led nurses across the country into unprecedented strike action, said she is standing down from her role ...

29 May 2024 at 11:42

Northern Ireland

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

Northern Ireland

New contenders for perennially close race in Fermanagh and South Tyrone

The most westerly constituency in this week’s General Election is set for a familiar race between unionism and republicanism in what is often a photo finish. Fermanagh and South Tyrone has been decided by fewer than 60 votes on three ...

02 Jul 2024 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Strikes: Nurses’ union leader urges Government to ‘do the decent thing’

The head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has urged the Prime Minister to do the “decent thing” as thousands of nurses stage their second walkout over pay. Speaking on the picket line at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in ...

20 Dec 2022 at 09:13

Government stands firm over pay deal for nurses

Northern Ireland

Biggest strike in history of nursing taking place across the NHS

Downing Street has said there are “no plans” to look again at the pay deal for nurses who are staging their biggest ever strike in the history of the NHS. Number 10 and Health Secretary Steve Barclay stood firm on the ...

15 Dec 2022 at 20:10

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 ...

10 Nov 2022 at 01:01

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

Northern Ireland

McDonald urges against ‘seizing on the hurt of the past’

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has urged against “seizing on the hurt of the past” in the General Election campaign. She was speaking after her party’s Fermanagh South Tyrone candidate, and former ...

19 Jun 2024 at 21:45

Northern Ireland

Michelle O’Neill praises ‘fearless’ Pat Cullen in her bid to represent Sinn Fein

First minister Michelle O’Neill has welcomed the news that “strong and fearless” outgoing Royal College of Nursing (RCN) chief Pat Cullen is seeking to represent the party in the upcoming General ...

30 May 2024 at 11:55

Northern Ireland

Nurses’ strike ballot: Who is Pat Cullen?

The Royal College of Nursing’s general secretary Pat Cullen has said nursing is in her blood. She is the youngest of six girls, four of whom went on to become nurses. She also has a brother whom ...

06 Oct 2022 at 12:31

Northern Ireland

Nursing union sets out list of services protected from strike action

The Royal College of Nursing has set out a list of services that will be protected from strike action in the build-up to Christmas. The services are chemotherapy, dialysis, critical care units ...

02 Dec 2022 at 19:00

Northern Ireland

Government holds ‘constructive’ meeting with nursing strike organisers

Health Secretary Steve Barclay held “cordial” talks with the union leader behind the nurses’ strike as they seek to avert industrial action that will hit operations and appointments. The ...

10 Nov 2022 at 16:27

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