A High Court judge ruled on Thursday it would be unlawful for the RCN strike to continue into Tuesday as originally planned, meaning it will now end just before midnight on Monday.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/04/29/fears-raised-over-low-nhs-staff-morale-health-leader-says/

Among S1 Cocquyt’s many remarkable adventures in the RCN, she recalls her experience working at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone with great admiration for the conservation efforts made by the volunteers there.

Source: https://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/sailors-spotlight-hmcs-max-bernays-boatswain-sailor-first-class-anna-cocquyt/

A spokesman for one, Unison, said the government's decision to meet just the RCN alone - and not them as well - would do "nothing to solve the NHS pay dispute".

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64722953?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

But it said it was "hugely disappointing" that the RCN had rejected the pay deal recommended by their leadership.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65275362?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

But last-minute talks yesterday between the RCN and NHS England agreed 'to protect life and limb services' with the union allowing nurses to provide a minimal level of staffing in intensive care and trauma.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12032737/A-E-patient-begs-Rishi-Sunak-pay-staff-fairly-8-hour-wait-day-NHS-strikes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

But the government and the NHS Employers organisation believe it is unlawful and have urged the RCN to call it off.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/22/nurses-leader-blasts-disgraceful-use-of-legal-action-to-stop-strike

Earlier this year, RCN members accepted an offer from ministers in Scotland.

Source: https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/read-this/nurses-strike-royal-college-of-nursing-calls-off-strike-action-after-vote-too-low-to-count-4198424

Gloucestershire’s NHS Trusts are not amongst those listed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) as sites for Industrial Action this week and therefore services will be running as normal in the county, NHS Gloucestershire said.

Source: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/gloucestershire-nurses-wont-joining-nationwide-8040257

More than 100 NHS trusts will effectively be brought to a standstill because of the unprecedented action orchestrated by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12032737/A-E-patient-begs-Rishi-Sunak-pay-staff-fairly-8-hour-wait-day-NHS-strikes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Now RCN leaders in England have indicated that were a similar offer made to the Welsh one, they would suspend strikes there too.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/letters/letters-the-law-protects-fossil-fuel-bosses-not-protesters-like-me/

Nurses are due to walk out on 18 and 19 January in England in a dispute over pay; the RCN is pushing for a pay increase of 5% above inflation in 2023.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/nhs-nurse-strike-february-rcn-b2262544.html

Only 43.4% of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members voted in the ballot to extend the strike mandate for another six months - below the legal threshold of 50% for industrial action.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-nurses-strikes-over-ballot-30332375

RCN bosses needed a fresh strike mandate to plot further action because their old one expired.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12250881/Now-radiographers-striking-Catalogue-NHS-summer-walk-outs-grows.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

RCN members walked out for the first time in the union's 108-year history late last year, joining a wave of public and private sector workers calling for pay rises as inflation soared.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-nurses-prepared-strike-until-christmas-union-leader-1715154

RCN members will strike next Monday and Tuesday, while ambulance workers, midwives and physiotherapists will also take industrial action.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23293237.petition-calling-fair-pay-nursing-staff-signed-100-000-people/?ref=rss

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Unite rejected the offer of a 5% pay rise for this year and a cash sum for last year, leading both unions to hold strikes on Monday.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-steve-barclay-government-secretary-of-state-royal-college-of-nursing-b2330549.html

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members in England walked out on following previous industrial action in December and January.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63561305?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

She said it was "lovely and heartwarming" to read the tributes and anecdotes from those who had nominated her to be the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland's first ever Nurse of the Year.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23623842.shetland-islander-named-scotlands-first-nurse-year/?ref=rss

That was on top of thousands of appointments already cancelled or delayed due to strikes by other unions, including the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/04/20/medical-chiefs-call-for-third-party-intervention-to-end-junior-doctors-row/

The call to get round the negotiating table was echoed by RCN general secretary Pat Cullen as her members walked out on Wednesday for the third time this winter.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64308935?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA