FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Pat cullen - Caught on Camera

Election 2024: the view from the UK’s most marginal constituency

Speaking about Northern Ireland in 1922, Winston Churchill expressed bewilderment that the radical transformation that had taken place across Europe as a result of the first world war had done nothing to change the basic terms of dispute in the region:

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2024

More than 250 patients a week ‘die needlessly due to long A&E waits’

Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said excessively long waits continue to put patients at risk of serious harm

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2024

NHS across UK spends a ‘staggering’ £10bn on temporary staff

Exclusive: Hospitals and GP surgeries forced to rely on agency personnel and paying staff for expensive extra shifts

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024

Landmark NHS recruitment plan in danger from applicant shortfall

The huge increase in students needed to fill medical training places, and supplying the staff to teach them, may not be feasible

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

NHS in acute condition: the crisis facing the UK’s hospitals

Health professionals fear the country is heading for an autumn of strikes, a funding black hole and long waiting lists that will leave untreated patients in limbo

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

NHS there ‘for homeless people to royalty’, but needs to care more for nurses

More needs to be done to support nurses on the ground, nursing leaders have said.

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

Nurses strikes to end but now senior doctors vote to walk out

Senior medics threaten to strike over two days in July providing only ‘Christmas day’ levels of cover

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Nurses fail to vote in sufficient numbers for fresh strikes in England

Fewer than 50% of RCN members voted in ballot, falling short of proportion required for result to stand

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023

Nursing strike vote to be ‘close call’, says union leader

Royal College of Nursing boss Pat Cullen says members feeling ‘pain’ of previous industrial action as ballot to close on Friday

Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2023

NHS nurses strike in England could reach ‘end of the road’ this week

Royal College of Nursing raises doubts over whether enough members will get postal votes in on time

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023