Press Association
Politics daily briefing: June 30
All the political developments in the UK as the Government reveals plans to employ 300,000 extra nurses, doctors and other health workers in the NHS over the coming years through radical plans to improve staffing in the health service.
Press Association
'Everyone can see the economic context' says Rishi Sunak during a visit to Nottingham
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media during a visit to a mobile lung health check unit in Nottingham.
Bloomberg
UK Latest: BOE Rates Outlook; Nurses Plan More Strikes
- Most economists in a Bloomberg News survey think the Bank of England will refrain from raising its key rate again.
- One of the UK's biggest nurses' unions warned that strikes could continue through Christmas without a better pay...
Press Association
Tens of thousands of doctors and nurses ‘to be trained as apprentices’
Tens of thousands of doctors and nurses will be able to train on the job under plans to tackle NHS workforce shortages. It is expected that the much-anticipated NHS workforce plan will see the number of medics trained via the...
Press Association
UK strikes – who will be walking out in the next few weeks?
The UK is being hit by a barrage of industrial action, with nurses, passport office staff and airport security officers among a host of sectors to strike this spring. Here are some useful dates.
Press Association
NHS faces ‘unparalleled’ disruption as junior doctors begin four-day strike
Disruption caused by the junior doctors’ strike could last “for weeks”, an NHS leader has warned as medics threatened the prospect of further walkouts.
Press Association
UK industrial action: What strikes are coming up?
The UK has been hit by a barrage of industrial action as nurses, teachers, civil servants, rail workers, university staff, physiotherapists, Royal Mail workers and ambulance staff took action over pay and conditions.
Press Association
UK industrial action: What strikes are coming up?
The UK has been hit by a barrage of industrial action as nurses, teachers, civil servants, rail workers, university staff, physiotherapists, Royal Mail workers and ambulance staff took action over pay and conditions.
Press Association
Starmer calls on Rishi Sunak to publish his register of interests
Sir Keir Starmer pooled clip at York University medical school. Sir Keir Starmer has called for Rishi Sunak to publish his register of interests today to clarify a possible rule breach linked to his wife’s shares in a childcare agency.
Press Association
UK industrial action: What strikes are coming up?
The UK has been hit by a barrage of industrial action as nurses, teachers, civil servants, rail workers, university staff, physiotherapists, Royal Mail workers and ambulance staff take action over pay and conditions.
Press Association
UK strikes – who will be walking out in the next few weeks?
The UK is being hit by a barrage of industrial action, with nurses, passport office staff and airport security officers among a host of sectors to strike this spring. Here are some useful dates.
Press Association
UK strikes – who will be walking out in the next few weeks?
The UK is being hit by a barrage of industrial action, with nurses, passport office staff and airport security officers among a host of sectors to strike this spring. Here are some useful dates.
Press Association
Sara Gorton comments as NHS pay offer accepted by most health unions - Full version
Interview with Sara Gorton, head of health at Unison, as more than a million NHS workers in England are to be given a 5% pay rise this year and a cash sum for last year, after ministers and unions agreed a new pay deal.
Press Association
Sara Gorton hopes to have increased pay for nurses in June
Sara Gorton, Head of Health for Unison, at their head office in central London, as she has confirmed she hopes to have an increased pay in nurse's pay packets in June.
Press Association
NHS pay offer accepted by most health unions
More than a million NHS workers in England are to be given a 5% pay rise this year and a cash sum for last year, after ministers and unions agreed a new pay deal. Health Secretary Steve Barclay said he intends to implement the deal,...
Press Association
Footage of picket lines in London as nurses launch 'biggest strike yet' in bitter pay dispute
** Some asterisked foul language on placards ** Thousands of nurses walked out at 8pm on Sunday in what has been described by the RCN as their “biggest strike yet” because it includes nursing staff from emergency departments, intensive...
Press Association
Starmer accuses government of 'sitting on their hands' over nurses pay
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson visit Notarianni Ices and walk along the seafront in Blackpool. GVs and quotes from Sir Keir. He discusses finding a solution to the ongoing RCN strikes,...
Press Association
Politics daily briefing: April 29
All the latest political developments in the UK as the NHS prepares to cope with a strike by nurses and hospitals including Great Ormond Street issue warnings over patient safety.
Press Association
Starmer and Rayner urge government to settle nurses dispute amicably
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy Angela Rayner answer questions on legal action against the RCN, Diane Abbott, anti-social behaviour, the gambling white paper, forcing criminals to appear in court and teachers strikes
Press Association
UK industrial action: What strikes are coming up?
The UK has been hit by a barrage of industrial action as nurses, teachers, civil servants, rail workers, university staff, physiotherapists, Royal Mail workers and ambulance staff took action over pay and conditions.
British Movietone
NURSE OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Mrs Margaret Thatcher presented Awards to the top Nurses of 1977. There were several categories of Awards and the major title went to Sister Betty Earnshaw of Cheshire. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
British Movietone
CARRY ON, NIGHT NURSE!
The Royal Victorian Infirmary at Newcastle-upon-Tyne - claims to be the first hospital to start the ""nurse on wheels"". The sisters use runabouts, powered by twelve volt batteries. They are completely silent, so that the patients will...
British Movietone
HUNTING THE COMMON COLD GERM
The Ministry of Health Research Unit at Harvard Hospital, Salisbury, has been investigating the common cold; and volunteers (human guinea-pigs) have been living in pairs for ten days at a time. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
Press Association
What strikes are happening in December?
The UK is being hit by a barrage of industrial action as nurses, rail workers and Border Force staff are among a host of sectors to strike this December.