Nurses

Flamingo chicks at Martin Mere

Flamingo chicks hatch at Martin Mere Wetland Centre

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

Nurses on strike in Liverpool.

Hospitals issue advice for bank holiday weekend nurse strikes

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

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?

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

Teachers on the picket line at Gateacre school in Belle Vale

Teachers take to the picket lines in Liverpool in dispute over pay

We joined teachers on the picket line - here’s what they had to say

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

‘NHS deserves better’ - public still backing strikes as yet more loom

Thomas Cashman pleaded not guilty to the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel (Images: PA / Getty)

Man accused of murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel appears in court

RCN confirm Merseyside hospital trusts hit by 48-hour NHS strike

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

Conservationists at Chester Zoo become the first in Europe to successfully breed a rare ‘dancing lemur’ in a bid to prevent its extinction. Image: Chester Zoo

Five things that got people talking in Liverpool this week

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

Rikke Sevecke of Everton celebrates after she scores. Image: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

Goodison Park to host first WSL Merseyside derby

Janet Buoey, paramedic and lead rep for Cheshire and Merseyside at GMB

NHS strike: ‘Nurses quitting and not enough staff on hospital wards’

RCN nurses of strike in Liverpool.

Lord Mayor backs nurses despite needing treatment during strike

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

Ambulance workers strike in Birkenhead. Image: Emma Dukes

Ambulance workers and nurses set to strike on the same day

RCN strike, 2023: Nurses stand in the icy weather outside Arrowe Park Hospital.

‘The last resort’ - on the picket line with nurses on strike

Tory MP says NHS nurses using food banks should ‘budget better’

Nurses on the picket line outside Arrowe Park Hospital, January 18 2022.

Nurses begin second wave of strike action - the hospitals affected

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

Nurses on the picket line outside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital on December 20, 2022. Image: Annabel Lee-Ellis/Getty Images

NHS nurses strike to continue this week - what it means for you

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