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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

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

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

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 the ...

15 Dec 2022 at 20:04

Northern Ireland

Tens of thousands of NHS nurses go on strike

Tens of thousands of nurses are going on strike for the first time across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Picket lines are being set up at dozens of hospitals in a dispute over pay, with the Welsh Government ...

15 Dec 2022 at 08:23

Northern Ireland

Thousands of nurses go on strike in dispute over pay and conditions

Thousands of nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have begun a 12-hour strike in a bitter dispute over pay. The strike is the biggest by nurses in the history of the NHS, involving around a quarter ...

15 Dec 2022 at 09:04

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 her family ...

06 Oct 2022 at 12:31

Northern Ireland

Nurses across Northern Ireland strike over pay and safe staffing levels

Nurses across Northern Ireland have taken to the picket lines over pay and safe staffing levels. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) strike is the second in three years in the region, and the first ...

15 Dec 2022 at 10:20

Northern Ireland

Nurses demonstrate over ‘deteriorating’ NI health service

Nurses in Northern Ireland have staged a demonstration over the “deteriorating” health service in the region. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) gathered at the front gates of Stormont ...

18 May 2023 at 16:25

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