News; Politics; Strikes; Brits back nursing strikes as walkout branded a 'badge of shame' for Rishi Sunak Royal College of Nursing general ­secretary Pat Cullen said members on picket lines was ...

The RCN has been calling for a pay rise at 5% above the RPI measure of inflation, which was running at 7.5% when they submitted their request to the pay review board in March.

Nursing vacancies accounted for 47,496 of that overall number - with a vacancy rate of 11.9% in this sector. In December 2019, before the pandemic, the total NHS vacancy rate was 8.1%. Your device ...

Nurses are seeking help every day over suicidal thoughts driven by pressures at work, according to new research.. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said there has been a 54% increase since ...

Patricia Marquis, Royal College of Nursing The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published a year ago, aims to increase the nursing workforce from around 350,000 to around 550,000 in 2036/37.

The Royal College of Nursing is expected to announce today that nurses have voted to take strike action in many parts of the country. Some hospitals, not all, will take action, it is believed.

For the first time in 106 years, the Royal College of Nursing, or RCN, has decided to strike after a ballot vote on industrial action with more than 300,000 union members took place last week ...

RCN pay vote: Almost 280,000 nursing staff to vote on new NHS pay offer in England. RCN chief executive Pat Cullen said "it's only right that we ask our members to vote again and to give their ...

But nursing courses have seen a 1.4% drop over the past 12 months. The 21% UK drop breaks down by nation: 22% in Wales; 21.6% in England; 19.8% in Scotland ...

RCN pay vote: Royal College of Nursing members set to vote on new NHS pay offer to avoid further strikes. By Patrick Hollis. Digital Journalist. Comment. Published 28th Mar 2023, 08:04 BST.

A survey of more than 11,000 nursing staff found many were demoralised from being unable to keep patients safe, the RCN said. I have not been able to sit with patients who are dying, meaning they ...

Nursing strikes are a ‘badge of shame’ for Sunak’s Government, Starmer says The Labour leader pressured him to negotiate with the union over pay to avert the industrial action.