Das Royal College of Nursing warnte gestern, dass Krankenschwestern im neuen Jahr erneut streiken könnten, um größere Gehaltserhöhungen zu erreichen.
Pat Cullen, der Generalsekretär der Gewerkschaft, sagte, die Streiks in diesem Jahr hätten nur zu „bescheidenen“ Fortschritten bei der Bezahlung und dem Personalniveau geführt
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The union behind the nurses’ strike is willing to meet the Government ‘halfway’ and accept a 10 per cent pay offer, its leader has suggested.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which coordinated two days of strike action in England in December and is plotting two more walkouts this month, originally called for a 19 per cent rise.
Ministers labelled the figure ‘unaffordable’ and warned it would cost around £10billion a year, or six per cent, of the NHS total
Nurses will strike again in the New Year, with chaos planned on back-to-back days.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will stage more walk-outs on January 18 and 19. Even more dates will be confirmed next month.
Almost 30,000 operations and appointments were cancelled because of its strikes on December 15 and 20, which were the biggest in NHS history.
Meanwhile, next week’s ambulance walk-outs have been cancelled.
Striking nurses at Leeds General Hospital mocked Health Secretary Steve Barclay with
The nursing union is putting patients at risk by failing to protect lifesaving services on strike days, the UK’s chief nurses have warned.
Dame Ruth May, chief nursing officer for England, has written to the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing to say many nursing leaders feel ‘let down’ by its actions.
The letter to Pat Cullen is co-signed by Dame Ruth’s counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and urges her to do more to protect patient
Tens of thousands of nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland today took to picket lines, bringing swathes of the NHS to a standstill.
It marks in the first of a series of walk-outs, coordinated by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), in a bid for better pay and working conditions.
The Government has offered nurses a 4 per cent pay rise, worth around £1,400, but the union is seeking an inflation-busting hike of 19 per cent.
Strikes were averted
The nursing union plotting devastating walk-outs across the NHS today threatened more chaos in the coming months unless ministers cave into its pay demands.
The Royal College of Nursing today unveiled that the initial round of strikes will take place on December 15 and 20. It marks the first UK-wide walk-out in the union’s 106-year history.
Pat Cullen, general secretary of the RCN, claimed the action, which insiders fear will cost lives, was a result of Government ‘choosing strikes over
Tens of thousands of NHS nurses, healthcare assistants and midwives will strike this winter over pay, it was confirmed today.
There are fears that the resulting drop in staffing levels will lead to thousands of diagnostic tests and elective operations being cancelled at a time of record care backlogs.
Strike action could also pile even more pressure on to the health service at its hardest time of year, as
The RCN is just one NHS union which has or is balloting its members over pay
The nursing union orchestrating devastating NHS strikes this winter was plunged into a fresh crisis today.
Royal College of Nursing officials face being voted out of their leadership positions at an extraordinary general meeting to be held later this month.
It follows a damming review into its toxic, male-dominated culture.
The chaos comes just as the union is due to release the results
