nurses
The Sun accuses Unison of ‘cashing in’ by saying nurses should get a pay rise too
The union says MPs' pay rise should be matched with rise for public sector workers. The Sun disagrees
NHS staff could end up footing the bill for seven-day services
All of the funding options put forward by the Department of Health would involve cuts to unsocial hours payments
Comment: “Worked to the limit and completely exhausted” – time to support our under-fire nurses
It's time to support our overworked and underpaid nurses, who have come under fierce attack from the right wing in recent months.
Almost half of Welsh nurses considered leaving posts over past year
Ed Jacobs writes about the crisis forming in Welsh Nursing - half have considered leaving - and covers the work Cafcass Cymru faces to improve its performance.
Loss of nurses in Scotland bad news for patients warns RCN
New figures show that between March and June 486 nursing and midwifery posts were lost within the NHS in Scotland, along with 23 consultant posts.
Scotland losing nurses as public sector shrinks
Official figures show that, between September 2010 and March this year, the number of Scottish nursing and midwifery staff in post fell by 1.2% (just over 700).