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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: 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 with nursing staff, NHS workers and the public" Donna Kinnair In its evidence to the body, the gover...
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 between March and December, and only accounts for people aged between 20 and 64 in England and Wales, ...