All Strikes articles – Page 10
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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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NewsNHSE treats me like ‘a band 7’ says ICB chief
An outspoken integrated care board leader has criticised NHS England’s micromanagement, adding that it was ‘not in the make-up’ of some healthcare chiefs to collaborate.
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NewsNo ambulance strikes this week after Unite's last minute decision
Next week’s ambulance strikes have been suspended as all three major unions have agreed to talks with the government, saying they have been told there is additional cash on the table.
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HSJ Local‘Significant escalation’ in strike action, warns ambulance chief
Ambulance chiefs have warned of a ‘significant escalation’ in the strike action being planned by unions next week – saying the flexibilities that helped deal with previous walk-outs will no longer be available.
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HSJ LocalBMA ‘rate card’ wipes out elective recovery gains, claims trust
A struggling acute trust says its failure to hit its elective care targets is directly linked to doctors’ demanding overtime rates in line with the British Medical Association’s new rate cards, as national tensions around the issue intensify.
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NewsDates for three-day junior doctors strike announced
Thousands of junior doctors will walk out from 13 March until the morning of 16 March, the British Medical Association has announced.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Julian Hartley on collaboration, reform and why he became NHS Providers’ CEO
Fresh from starting work as NHS Providers’ new chief executive, Sir Julian Hartley joins HSJ Health Check to talk about collaboration, strikes, reform and more.
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NewsStrike restrictions could make disruption worse, admits government
Introducing minimum levels of service during ambulance strikes could have a ‘significant negative impact’ if staff instead opted for other forms of industrial action, such as overtime bans, the government’s own impact assessment of the proposals has warned.
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NewsNurses pause strike action as ministers agree pay talks
The Royal College of Nursing has agreed to pause planned strike action as they enter pay talks with the government.
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NewsStriking staff drop cover for strokes and suspected heart attacks
Striking ambulance workers in two regions have said for the first time that they will only answer immediately life-threatening calls — abandoning previous agreements to cover some Category 2 incidents.
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NewsJunior doctors plan 72-hour ‘full walkout’
Junior doctors across England are set to go on strike for 72 hours next month in a major escalation in unions’ dispute with the government over pay.
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NewsMore trusts vote to strike
Staff at another four ambulance services have voted to take strike action in the ongoing dispute over pay, the union Unison has announced.
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NewsNurses to walk out of emergency departments for 48 hours
Nurses will walk out of emergency departments, intensive care units and cancer care services for the first time in the next wave of strike action.
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NewsStriking ambulance staff must cover all ‘emergency’ calls, say ministers
Ambulance staff will need to respond to category 2 calls during strike action under new government proposals.
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NewsStaff at final ambulance trust vote to join strikes
Staff at the East of England ambulance trust – the only one to escape strike action so far – have voted to join the industrial action.
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NewsConsultants asked: ‘Are you prepared to strike?’
Consultants across England will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsTrusts ‘coping better with strikes’ and on track to eliminate 78-week waits, says NHSE director
Trusts are getting better at coping with industrial action and are still on track to hit the national target of eliminating the backlog of 78-week waiters, an NHS England director has told staff.
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NewsSix further ambulance strike dates announced
The union Unite has announced six days of strike action among its ambulance service staff, some of which coincide with action by GMB at the same trusts.
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NewsNurses and ambulance staff to stage co-ordinated strike on 6 February
More than 10,000 ambulance staff will join nurses in co-ordinated walkouts next month, in one of the biggest strikes in NHS history.
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NewsNurse strike to hit at all but one of region’s hospitals next month
Nurses at every acute trust in the South West except one will strike next month, under further action announced by the Royal College of Nursing.