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Nurses working in the NHS are being denied water on shifts and forbidden from using fans as temperatures soar across England with an even hotter wave of weather yet to come.

The only move made in response has been to announce plans to set up coronavirus “surge hubs”, mostly in hospital car parks, to meet up to the challenge of a fresh wave of Omicron admissions.

A nurse demands to be paid her worth at the London demo. Credit: Denise Laura Baker Photography Source:&nbsp Denise Laura Baker Photography Nurses and the unions that represent them have reacted with anger and dismay at the government’s suggestion of a 1% pay rise for NHS staff. The recommendation from the government to the NHS Pay Review Body was revealed last night and led to widespread condemnation from the nursing profession. “The government is dangerously out of touch ...

Updated Wednesday, 27th January 2021, 10:19 am More than 850 health and social care workers have died of Covid in England and Wales since the pandemic began (Photo: Shutterstock) More than 850 health and social care workers have died of coronavirus in England and Wales since the pandemic began, according to new data. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 883 health and social care workers have died between March and December 2020. As the data only covers the period be...

Burnt out and undervalued: Scots nurses willing to strike as one in three forced to skip meals PREMIUM Burnt out and undervalued: Scots nurses willing to strike as one in three forced to skip meals THE majority of Scottish nurses are willing to take strike action while feeling undervalued by government with one in three forced to skip meals to feed their family or to save money during the coronavirus crisis. That is the "shocking" conclusion of a new study which exposes a worsening crisis d...

Thursday December 17, 2020, 5:16 PM Exclusive figures from Nursing Notes and Nurses United lay out a crisis in nursing with 30% of nurses say they plan to leave the NHS in the next year. Credit: PA Over a third (39%) of nurses have skipped meals in order to feed their family or to save money as financial and Covid pressures force many to the brink of quitting the NHS, a survey seen by ITV News has revealed. For nurses from an ethnic minority background the situation is even bleaker, with over...