Nurses

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

A couple are suing Southern Regional Hospital after their son was ‘decapitated’ during birth

Couple sue doctor after newborn was ‘decapitated’ during delivery

A family statement confirmed Bryan Randall died after secretly battling Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Credit: Getty

Sandra Bullock's longtime partner dead at 57 after secret ALS battle

Jessy Williams with her daughter Sky

Mum has one of smallest babies ever born in UK - weighing 350g

The North Ormesby Dialysis Unit

Clinic put in special measures after damning CQC report

Aldi makes huge change to popular super 6 fruit & veg promotion - what’s new?

Aldi makes huge change to popular Super 6 fruit & veg promotion

Captain Sir Tom Moore to get his own biopic

New plans would allow more doctors and nurses to receive their training "on the job" rather than via the traditional university route.

Student doctors told to skip university to solve the NHS staff crisis

Nurses to vote on England-wide strikes after rejecting 5% pay rise

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Health unions back new pay offer for millions of NHS staff

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Sally Parkinson (left) and friend Susan Bell set up The Clothing Bank in 2020.

How Yorkshire-based clothing bank is helping people struggling

World-renowned London children’s hospital has called for exemptions for emergency care ahead of nurses’ strike. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

Great Ormond Street Hospital declares ‘incident’ amid nurses’ strike

The RCN strike will be cut short after the high court ruled it “partly unlawful.”

Next week’s nurses’ strike ruled ‘partly unlawful’

Midwives in England vote to accept government pay offer

Strictly Come Dancing judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke are will stay for another series of the BBC show

Strictly Come Dancing judge comments on pay row rumours

New figures obtained by Labour through a Freedom of Information request revealed patients are being forced to wait up to an hour and a half for 999 calls to be answered.

Patients wait an hour and a half for 999 calls to be answered

Nurses and junior doctors have been striking over pay. PIC: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Junior doctors need to be careful about putting goodwill at risk - YP Letters

A Royal College of Nursing picket line as staff strike outside a hospital.

RCN nursing staff to vote on new NHS pay offer

A host of new characters including the son of The Chase host Bradley Wash and a fan-favourite from BBC’s Holby City - Credit: BBC

New characters coming to Casualty - including Bradley Walsh’s son

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?
Here is a list of all the unions that have carried out strike action in 2023 and their progress so far.

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Rail workers will stage a series of fresh strikes in March and April (Photo: Getty Images)

Strike action taking place in March 2023 in the UK - including NEU

Sir Rod Stewart poses for photos with members of staff at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex

Sir Rod Stewart backs NHS wage rise and pays for patient scans

RCN nurses suspend next week’s strike and enter pay negotiations

The Royal College of Nursing have announced their biggest strikes to date.

Rail workers, postal workers and nurses all announce new strike dates

Nurses to stage 48-hour strike next month including A&E workers

Nurses, ambulance workers, teachers, rail workers, university staff and civil servants have joined the picket lines in recent months, after inflation hit a 40 year-high, and the strikes have caused widespread disruption.

Striking workers across the country know 'the public is with them'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits a Community Diagnostic Centre in Oldham, Greater Manchester. PIC: James Glossop/The Times/PA Wire

Government looks listless as nursing strikes threaten to escalate - The YP says

MPs have been given a 2.9% pay rise, starting from April 1.

MPs to get 2.9% pay rise, taking salaries to over £86,000

Who is striking in February 2023? Full list of all industrial action

Tory MP says NHS nurses using food banks should ‘budget better’
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke has been slammed for saying nurses using foodbanks should ‘budget better’ amid NHS strike action.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. PIC: House of Commons/PA Wire

Clear and constructive leadership lacking in NHS crisis - The YP says

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital, central London. Continued strike action plus winter pressures are jeopardising the ability of the NHS to break out of a "vicious cycle", a health leader has said. Issue date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

Strikes 2023: Nursing staff at 55 NHS trusts in England walk out

EIS Union teachers on the picket line (Pic: John Devlin)

Over 450,000 working days were lost to strike action in November

Nursing staff on the picket line outside the Leeds General Infirmary in December. PIC: Tony Johnson

Nurses threaten to double down on strike action without progress in negotiations

Love Island series 9 contestant Olivia Hawkins was a stunt double in the show Brassic which has many links to Chorley.

Meet the Love Island contestant who worked on No Time to Die

Nurses and supporters gather outside University College Hospital before marching to Downing Street after a day of strike action on December 20 2022 in London. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Nurses’ strike in February will be ‘twice as big’, union leaders warn

There are 3,713 vacancies in the NHS in West Yorkshire, which is almost 6 per cent of the total workforce.

NHS leaders looking to fill thousands of vacancies in West Yorkshire

Foodbank on Ward 10 at Walsall Manor Hospital with Claire Cooper, Senior Sister.

Hospitals forced to open food banks for their own staff

The BMA has told the Government that if a ballot for industrial action is successful, junior doctors will begin their action with a 72-hour "full walkout" in March. PIC: PA

Doctors strike threat points to lack of Government engagement - The YP says

Pro-wrestler blasts Rishi Sunak over nurses strike at Tokyo Dome

NHS staff at UK hospital told to repay Christmas bonuses paid in error

Tracy Brabin is the Mayor of West Yokshire. PIC: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Our true resilience shines through when we come together - Tracy Brabin

A queue of ambulances are seen outside the Royal London Hospital emergency department on November 24, 2022. That week, nearly three in 10 ambulances were queuing outside hospitals in England.

‘Critical incidents’ declared at 8 hospital and ambulance trusts

No NHS trusts in Sussex will take part in strikes (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Second day of nurse strikes over pay and conditions begins

The Royal College of Nursing is due to take strike action for the first time in its history (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Tens of thousands of nurses start strike action today

Summary of all strikes taking place in Sussex this month (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Nursing strikes to go ahead this week after pay talks fail

Nurses, paramedics and driving examiners to strike this winter

The argument for nurses and their remuneration is hard to dispute. PIC: PA

Nurses deserve better pay and working conditions - Yorkshire Post Letters

A nurse on a ward at St James's Hospital. PIC: Tony Johnson

Solution needed where nurses don't have to rely on food banks - The YP says

Nurses vote to strike across UK in huge industrial action over pay

Nurses have been struggling with an overstretched NHS and increasing patient demand for years, but now they are facing breaking point. PIC: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Problems in nursing have been a long time in the making - Sarah Dodsworth

The space-saving community kit bags.

Northern nurses help create Community Kit Bags saving the NHS millions

Unions have articulated the case for their members says Andy McDonald.

The link between Labour and unions is central to our movement - Andy McDonald

The Yorkshire vet is dividing his time between Wetherby and Thirsk

The Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton on the challenges of juggling two practices

All NHS staff deserve a full pay rise, argues UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea.

Why all NHS staff deserve pay reward without exception – Christina McAnea

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is struggling with a staff shortage

Yorkshire nurses offered pay boost to pick up shifts at short staffed hospitals

Under current government plans UK nurses could be set for just a 1% pay rise (Getty Images)

Nurses pay: what is the average wage of an NHS worker - and why has the governme...

In the wake of their heroic efforts nurses are being offered a 1% pay rise (Getty Images)

Nurses are being offered a 1% pay rise - here's how much they are currently paid