Alison Stacey

Nurse Michelle Cox, who won a tribunal case against NHS England on the grounds of discrimination
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Discrimination at work: black nurse wins ‘landmark’ tribunal case

Judgement finds against NHS England after Michelle Cox experienced racism from her team

Striking nurses outside the Christie Hospital in Manchester in February 2023
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Nurses shouldn’t get more than 3.5% pay rise from April, ministers tell NHS pay review

Stance branded a ‘sick joke’ as union and government meet to break 2022-23 pay stalemate

Photo of nurse Lucy Letby, she told police harmful insulin dose ‘was not done by me’
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Lucy Letby told police officers that harmful insulin dose ‘was not done by me’

Nurse denied deliberate sabotage by dosing Child L with unprescribed insulin

Kangaroo crossing road in Western Australia
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Would you quit your NHS job and move to sunny Western Australia?

Aussies aim to lure UK nurses as RCN strikes over pay and working conditions ramp up

RCN Scotland members campaigning for fair pay and safe staffing outside the Scottish Parliament in October 2022
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Scotland NHS pay boost makes nurses ‘best paid in UK’

Unison welcomes pay offer but demands similar progress in other UK countries

Court sketch of nurse Lucy Letby, who is alleged to have murdered seven babies and attempted to murder ten others
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Lucy Letby sheds tears in court as doctor gives evidence

Ms Letby reacts as doctor recounts care of boy she is alleged to have attempted to murder

Strikers at Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London on 6 February 
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Huge escalation in nurses' strikes with 120 employers hit next month

Nurses in England to walk out for 48 hours from 1 March leaving no part of NHS unaffected

Rossendale Nursing Home in Lancashire, where two residents died and the nursing home manager pleaded guilty to causing avoidable harm
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Nurse pleads guilty following deaths of two nursing home residents

Caroline Taylforth had been charged with two counts of causing avoidable harm

Rachel Hext, a nurse diagnosed with long-COVID, featured in a BBC Panorama programme on COVID payments being cut
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Government urged to recognise long-COVID as an occupational disease

Parliamentary group says failure to offer nurses support will lead to more NHS tribunals

Striking nurses outside Royal Preston Hospital today 
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Nurses’ strike live: walkouts enter their sixth day

Staff begin further day of action in bid to put pressure on ministers over NHS pay talks

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Watch: see chants and support for nurses on picket lines

Nurses are receiving plenty of help from TV doctors, brass sections and more

Striking nurses on the picket line with placards for fair pay at the University Hospital of North Durham
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Nurses’ strike live: news and pictures from day five

Nurses return to picket lines as fight for fairer pay and working conditions continues

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Is the delay on nurses’ pay part of a government game plan?

RCN brands government failure to submit its evidence on next year’s pay ‘disgusting’

A petition signed by 100,000 members of the public, nursing staff and patients is delivered to 10 Downing Street
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Nurses deliver petition to Downing Street demanding better pay

Petition with more than 100,000 signatures urges Rishi Sunak to address NHS workforce crisis

Strikers at Sheffield’s Royal Hallamshire Hospital in January
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‘Sacking nurses bill’ moves a step closer to becoming law

MPs approve anti-strike bill that could see nurses and other key workers facing the sack

Woman works at laptop from kitchen table
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You’re needed in the office: trust gives nurses notice default home-working will end

Nurse fears work-life balance will suffer, although right to request flexibility remains

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No nurse pay rise in April due to ‘intolerable’ government delay

Failure to supply evidence to NHS Pay Review Body will postpone pay offer for 2023-24

Nurse Rachel Hext was diagnosed with long-COVID
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Thousands of nurses with long-COVID to see sick pay slashed

Special sick pay to end soon, leaving one nurse with long-covid £1,000 a month worse off

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