RCN members accept care home provider ’s pay package for 2023/24
Nursing staff at a major care home provider across England and Scotland have accepted a package of pay measures on offer for 2023/24. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) employed by Four Seasons Health Care have been voting on a proposed pay offer and results announced this week show that of those who... Read moreThe post RCN members accept care home provider’s pay package for 2023/24 appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - May 3, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

Pay deal given greenlight for NHS staff in England
The government will impose a 5% pay rise for NHS staff in England following a meeting between representatives of 14 health unions. While the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) remains in dispute over the deal, the majority of NHS unions had voted to accept the government’s pay offer, after months of dispute. The pay offer... Read moreThe post Pay deal given greenlight for NHS staff in England appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - May 2, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

NHS nurses' strike could 'overwhelm' hospitals and leave patient safety in 'precarious position'
The Royal College of Nursing will order members in England to walk out of A&E, critical care and cancer wards for the first time, in a major escalation of industrial action. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Government to take RCN to court over NHS strike plans
The UK Government is set to take the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to court over its planned NHS strike action on Tuesday 2 May, it has been announced. In a statement last night, health and social care secretary Steve Barclay said he was ‘regretfully’ applying to the High Court to declare the RCN’s plans... Read moreThe post Government to take RCN to court over NHS strike plans appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 25, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Uncategorised Source Type: news

Integrated care vital for those with long-term conditions, says RCN lead
Action must be taken to ‘unblock’ the social care system so that patients with long-term conditions have ‘somewhere safe’ to be looked after, a senior nursing leader has told. Louise Parker, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) professional lead for long-term conditions, told Nursing in Practice that more funding was required to help better integrate primary... Read moreThe post Integrated care vital for those with long-term conditions, says RCN lead appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 24, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

Barclay treating nurses as criminals over strike challenge - union boss
Pat Cullen calls the health secretary's legal action over the Royal College of Nursing strike "cruel". (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS urges Steve Barclay to intervene in legal row over nurses' strike
NHS leaders have asked Health Secretary Steve Barclay to seek the view of the courts on if the upcoming strikes planned by the Royal College of Nursing are technically illegal. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pay limbo could see nurses in Northern Ireland ‘forced’ to strike again
‘Angry and frustrated’ nurses in Northern Ireland could be ‘forced’ to take further strike action unless a new pay offer is put on the table soon, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned. In a statement from the RCN Northern Ireland Board, published this week, it stressed it would ‘not hesitate to move quickly’... Read moreThe post Pay limbo could see nurses in Northern Ireland ‘forced’ to strike again appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

Nursing strike plans illegal, says NHS Employers
NHS Employers has told the Royal College of Nursing it believes its strike action planned for 2 May is not legal, it has confirmed. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 20, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

NHS threatens legal action to BLOCK second day of May Day nurses' strike
NHS Employers wrote to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) yesterday, warning that they do not have a mandate to endorse industrial action in England on May 2. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Care Quality Commission staff to strike in escalation of pay row, says UNISON
Hundreds of staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are to strike for one day in a dispute over pay, says UNISON today (Thursday). Staff represented by UNISON, including those working in inspection teams, call centres and data analysis, will be striking on Tuesday 2 May. Workers represented by the PCS and Unite will also be on strike on the same day. CQC employees started a continuous work to rule on Monday 17 April 2023. This means they are only working the hours they are paid for, not doing overtime and talking all the breaks they are entitled to until September 2023. UNISON balloted workers after employees received a...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 20, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: News Press release CQC MAtthew Egan Source Type: news

Striking nurses 'put cancer patients at risk': Royal College of Nursing comes under growing pressure
The union revealed it will escalate industrial action by demanding that nurses walk out of A&E, intensive care units and cancer wards for the first time later this month. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Health conference debates pay
Images: Jess Hurd Pay talk dominated conference business this morning (Tuesday) at UNISON’s annual health conference in Bournemouth. The morning started with general secretary Christina McAnea taking the opportunity to invite representatives from all health branches who secured a strike mandate in their pay disputes over the last year, to take to the stage, where they received an impassioned standing ovation from delegates (pictured above). Conference business then started with an emergency motion on the recent NHS pay offer and the response of the health unions to it. Moving the motion, Wilma Brown, chair of the health...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 18, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article 2023 National Health Conference one team Put NHS pay right Source Type: news

RCN strikes could continue ‘until Christmas’ unless government acts on pay
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned strike action by NHS nurses could continue ‘right up until Christmas’ unless the government offers a new and improved pay offer. The comments made by RCN general secretary Pat Cullen to the BBC came in response to a letter from health and social care secretary Steve Barclay... Read moreThe post RCN strikes could continue ‘until Christmas’ unless government acts on pay appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 17, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news