Concerns over the lack of career progression for nurses have prompted the government to explore alternatives, including a new national contract and pay scale separate from other NHS staff.
Welsh ministers have tabled an improved pay offer for health staff in a bid to end ongoing strike action, having “drawn on reserves and underspends from across government” to find the money to...
Delaying its controversial flagship social care policy gives the Scottish Government time to engage with councils over the reforms, local leaders have said.
Nurses will strike in hospitals across most of the UK on 15 and 20 December after the government turned down more talks, but health secretary Steve Barclay has defended the current pay offer.
Public sector unions will consult members on potential industrial action over a 3% pay rise from NHS workers, which has been branded “inadequate and underwhelming”.
Government plans to scrap visas for low-skilled migrants have caused concern among health and social care groups, who say it will exacerbate workforce issues.
The Centre for Public Scrutiny has started a review into the Royal College of Nursing’s governance and decision-making processes following errors in communicating a pay deal.
The government must replace the £1bn that it “catastrophically ripped out” of nursing higher education, the head of the Royal College of Nursing will say.
Government changes to UK immigration rules could “cause chaos” in the NHS and cost the health service millions of pounds, the Royal College of Nursing has warned today.
The Royal College of Nursing has warned the next government must take ‘immediate action’ to increase the number of nurses in the NHS or risk falling standards of care.
