Royal College of Nursing27 Oct 2025Health workers 'need pay parity' as union talks due to resume Earlier this month unions rejected a renewed pay offer saying they will ballot for industrial action.27 Oct 202524 Oct 2025Health unions reject renewed pay offer and move towards strike ballotUnion leaders met on Thursday to discuss what had been tabled by health officials, with some describing the settlement as "unacceptable".24 Oct 20256 Oct 2025Nesbitt 'less optimistic' about nurses' pay award as RCN considers strikeThe unions decision is due to nursing staff continuing to be denied the pay award that's been given to colleagues in other parts of the UK.6 Oct 202515 Sep 2025Nurses could be 'on the streets' striking unless pay deal agreed - NesbittIn recent years health workers have gone on strike to fight for pay parity with their colleagues in the rest of the UK.15 Sep 20251 Sep 2025Ex-nursing chief leaves 'legacy of compassion'Tina Donnelly was "a nurse to be reckoned with", a nursing union leader has said.1 Sep 202510 Aug 2025Plan to boost jobs for newly qualified nurses and midwivesThe move comes after warnings there are up to three times more graduates than vacancies in some areas of the health service.10 Aug 202531 Jul 2025NI nurses lodge dispute after rejecting pay offerThe dispute, with the Northern Ireland Executive, Department of Health and health and social care employers, follows results of a ballot. 31 Jul 202530 Jul 2025Sinn Féin MP 'never felt like a second-class citizen'Pat Cullen recalls confronting a soldier during a checkpoint search in County Tyrone in the 1980s.30 Jul 202530 Jul 2025NHS pay offer 'unfair' says former nurseShe says it should match the rise offered to teachers, prison officers, doctors and the armed forces.30 Jul 2025...
