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Staff on an NHS hospital ward. PIC Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Why is the NHS refusing to open doors to trained nurses? - Jayne Dowle
So much for the ‘graduate guarantee’, the government’s 2025 promise that every newly-qualified nurse and midwife in England would have the opportunity to apply ...

Staff on an NHS hospital ward. PIC: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Nursing graduates face unacceptable barriers to entry level jobs

Charles and Camilla cut a cake with 100 year-old Joan Illingworth during a reception at Buckingham Palace

Yorkshire centenarian joins King Charles to celebrate life of Queen

Matt Smith (centre) celebrates a goal with Gboly Ariyibi (left) during his time at Leeds United

Baby death ‘tragic reminder’ of the need to protect title of ‘nurse’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has insisted he is "not challenging the Prime Minister", despite a briefing war where some close to Keir Starmer said he was after the top job. He's failed to rule out any future leadership challenge though, and seems to harbour ambitions of leading the country. He's the 7/2 favourite to be next Prime Minister.

Streeting pledges to end 'corridor care' by next election

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward. PIC: PA

The lack of urgency in ending corridor care is not acceptable

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward. PIC: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

The Government has to figure out a way of making nurses feel valued

A patient bed on an NHS hospital ward in England. PIC: PA/PA Wire

Another day, further signs of a deepening crisis in the NHS

Health Secretary Wes Streeting looks on as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer takes questions from the media. PIC: Leon Neal/PA Wire

The unacceptable practice of corridor care needs to end - Jayne Dowle

An NHS sign on a fence at a Hospital. PIC: PA

Virtual wards are not the silver bullet for NHS woes

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Mounting agency costs highlight extent of problems facing the NHS - The YP says

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Talking, not striking, is the way to settle NHS disputes - Bill Carmichael

Royal College of Nursing said just over 43% took part in the ballot, below the 50% threshold to call for a strike action. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

Nurses to call off strike action after low turnout

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

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Breaking Health unions back new pay offer for millions of NHS staff

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

NHS staff to be offered 5% pay rise

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Breaking Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

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

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

General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, Pat Cullen joins nurses outside the High Court in central London, where the Government is bringing a challenge over the planned strike action by the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) in the long-running dispute over pay. Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said he was "regretfully" applying to the High Court to declare the walkout planned for May 2 unlawful. Picture date: Thursday April 27, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS Strikes. Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire

Government wins legal battle against nurses over strike action

Breaking Health Secretary ‘plans to pursue legal action’ over RCN strike

Members of the Royal College of Nursing union could strike until Christmas if no deal is reached with the government over pay. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Breaking Royal College of Nursing warns of more strikes
Members of the Royal College of Nursing union could strike until Christmas if no deal is reached with the government over pay.
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General Secretary of the trade unionist Royal College of Nursing Pat Cullen appearing on the BBC's "Sunday Morning" with journalist Laura Kuenssberg. - Nurses in Britain are prepared to strike until Christmas if they cannot reach a deal with the government on pay, the leader of the country's main nursing union said. (Photo by JEFF OVERS/BBC/AFP via Getty Images)

Nursing strikes 'may continue until Christmas' unless a pay deal is reached

Royal College of Nurses members, campaigning for fair pay and conditions, pictured previously taking part in industrial action at Altnagelvin Hospital. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2250GS - 38

Breaking RCN rejects Government’s pay offer - new 48 hour strike to go ahead

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

RCN nursing staff to vote on new NHS pay offer

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

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

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

Negotiations with healthcare unions welcome - The YP says

Striking nurses hold signs at a picket line outside University College Hospital in London on January 19, 2023.

Government recommends 3.5% pay increase to nurses and other workers

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

Nurses braving freezing temperatures to form a picket line.

Biggest NHS walkout in history gets underway today

Ambulance workers are going on strike today (Feb 6)

Thousands of ambulance staff to walk out on 'biggest ever NHS strike day'

Ambulance strike dates 2023: Unite announce new strikes taking total to ten across England and Wales

Ambulance strike dates as Unite announce fresh action

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
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen said: “Nurses are striking because people are dying” as members went out on strike today
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Nursing staff on the picket line outside the Leeds General Infirmary. PIC: Tony Johnson

The PM must take responsibility for nurses strike deadlock - The YP says

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

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaving 10 Downing Street, London

Strikes will likely continue for months, unions warn, and escalate significantly...

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations

Nursing staff on the picket line outside the Leeds General Infirmary. It is the first time ever nurses have taken to strike action. Picture Tony Johnson

Senior Tories call for nurses pay to be looked at after thousands go on strike

Nursing staff on the picket line outside the Leeds General Infirmary. It is the first time ever nurses have taken to strike action. Picture Tony Johnson

Leeds nurses' strike reaction 'phenomenal' as over 400 go on picket line

Nurses on a ward. PIC: PA

Loggerheads over nurses strike action is not good for anyone - Jayne Dowle

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 on strike at the Ulster Hospital during the last walkout two years ago

Nurses strike 2022: Dates confirmed for largest walkout in NHS history

Wes Streeting meeting health professionals at a Sheffield GP Surgery

Labour's Wes Streeting says he will not condemn nurses strikes

Labour shadow health secretary Wes Streeting visiting medical professionals in Sheffield

Labour's Wes Streeting says he will not condemn nurses strikes

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

Mary Welling working at York Hospital during the pandemic

NHS workers burnt out and 'reduced to tears' over Covid-19 shortages

A mural depicting NHS nurse Melanie Senior, based on a photograph by Johannah Churchill, which The National Portrait Gallery commissioned artist Peter Barber to create in Manchester. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.

Nurses now in need of careafter pandemic trauma - The Yorkshire Post says

The uplift will mean the “average nurse” will receive an extra £1,000 per year (Photo: Getty Images)

NHS 3% pay rise could spark industrial action as staff say they aren’t ‘valued f...

A report by the Health and Social Care Committee called for immediate action to support exhausted staff who have worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic (Getty Images)

NHS and social care staff burnout reaches ‘emergency’ level

Conservative MP Nadine Dorries defended the government's proposed 1 per cent pay increase for health care workers (Getty Images)

This is what Conservative MP Nadine Dorries said about the 1% NHS pay rise

A multitude of healthcare bodies in the UK are asking the Government for better personal protection against Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

UK health workers want the government to update 'inadequate' Covid PPE guidance

More than 850 health and social care workers have died of Covid in England and Wales since the pandemic began (Photo: Shutterstock)

More than 850 health and social care workers have died of Covid in England and W...

Britain is estimated to be short more than 40,000 nurses

Royal College of Nursing: Staff shortages are 'unforgivable'

NHS staff are grateful to the support they receive from carers and other unsung heroes.

In praise of unsung heroes helping our NHS – Yorkshire Post Letters

A 'meat tax' could be brought in to combat climate change - everything you need ...

One in 10 care homes were told to change resuscitation orders for patients (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why the NHS asked care homes not to resuscitate patients during the peak...

International Nurses Day is an annual event celebrated around the globe, which says thank you to the contribution that nursing staff make to the lives of people every year (Photo: Shutterstock)

Today marks 200 years since birth of Florence Nightingale - here’s how to get in...

The Covid-19 pandmeic has forced GP surgeries to adapt.

How GPs are responding to mental health challenge – Prof Mike Holmes

A minute's silence will be held across the UK today (28 April) to commemorate the key workers who have lost their lives from Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s what you need to know about today’s minute’s silence for key workers

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