All Royal College of Nursing (RCN) articles – Page 2
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NewsNurses demand new negotiations after pay deal ‘eclipsed’ by consultants offer
The government must re-open pay negotiations with nurses in the wake of its pay offer to consultants, the general secretary and chief executive of the Royal College of Nurses has told the health secretary.
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News‘Appalled’ nurses ‘more likely to strike’ after doctors deal, warns RCN
The Royal College of Nursing has reacted furiously to news that medical consultants have been offered a new pay deal for 2023-24, saying nurses are now more likely to strike.
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News‘Grossly unfair’ mileage rate for NHS staff being reviewed
Ministers are considering overhauling the national framework of the NHS mileage mechanism for staff, which unions have criticised as ‘hopelessly out of date’ and ‘grossly unfair’.
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NewsNursing strikes over as ballot falls short
The Royal College of Nursing’s ballot for further strike action in the English NHS has not met the required threshold, putting an end to any further nursing strikes for the immediate future.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Nurses divided
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Barclay gains breathing space
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsStaff will get pay deal uplift in ‘summer’
The government will implement the pay deal it has agreed with Agenda for Change unions, with staff due to receive payments in the summer, it has announced.
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NewsUnion majority set to back pay deal
A majority of the NHS Staff Council is set to support the Agenda for Change pay deal agreed between unions and government, HSJ understands.
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NewsNursing strike cut short following court order
Next week’s nurses strike will now end on bank holiday Monday – one day earlier than planned – following a High Court decision that it could not run into Tuesday.
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HSJ LocalStaff get ‘aggressive verbal abuse’ over strike cancellations
A hospital trust has said its staff have been verbally abused when contacting some patients to postpone their appointments because of next week’s nursing strike.
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HSJ Local‘One nurse per ward’ warning over next week’s strike
A major acute trust has warned ahead of next week’s nursing strike that it will face ‘very severe staffing shortages’ in children’s A&E, with ‘as few as one nurse per ward’, much less critical care capacity, and fewer operating theatres open than on Christmas Day.
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NewsHealth secretary to seek legal action over nursing strike
The health secretary will be seeking legal action regarding the Royal College of Nursing’s planned strike on 2 May, it has been announced.
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NewsServices risk being scaled back over unfunded NHS pay rises
Unfunded NHS pay rises will likely lead to essential frontline public health and community services being scaled back, senior sector figures have warned.
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NewsMore nursing strikes planned as unions split on pay deal
The Royal College of Nursing has announced fresh strikes after its members voted to reject the government’s pay deal, while Unison healthcare staff voted in favour.
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NewsCQC staff to work to rule from next week
Care Quality Commission staff belonging to four trade unions will begin “action short of a strike” from Monday, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The RCN makes (another) break for it
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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CommentDivide and rule on NHS pay would be disastrous
The government’s proposed settlement to resolve the current wave of industrial action sows the seeds of some incredibly difficult and possibly decisive changes to NHS pay in the future, write Anita Charlesworth and James Buchan
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CommentMake the mental health of NHS staff a priority
As work-related stress and the cost-of-living crisis takes a toll on mental health of NHS staff, policymakers need to ensure national-level action complements and enables local initiatives to reduce stress, improve physical wellbeing and manage workloads of staff, writes Zosia Walecka
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NewsUpdated: CQC staff vote to strike over pay
Hundreds of Care Quality Commission staff belonging to Unison have voted to strike over pay, the union has announced.
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NewsPay rises should not exceed 3.5pc next year, warns government
Giving NHS staff a pay rise of more than 3.5 per cent next year would mean cuts to the NHS’s non-pay budget or an increase in unsustainable borrowing, the government has claimed.