NHS pay: England senior doctors could strike over 1% rise
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Consultants will be consulted on industrial action if the 1% pay rise offer is not improved, says union. BBC News – Health
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Nurses, service workers set to strike at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago
Dive Brief: More than 1,000 nurses at the University of Illinois’ Hospital (UIH) in Chicago are set to strike for a week starting Sept. 12, following a breakdown in negotiations over a new contract. The three-year-contract they were under expired Aug. 24 and was extended until Monday. The Illinois Nurses Association said safe staffing is… Read More »
HCA, nurses at California hospital prep for Friday strike
Dive Brief: With no plans for another meeting between unionized nurses at Riverside Community Hospital in California and Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, both sides are gearing up for a strike Friday. It’s expected to last through July 6 — a day before contract negotiations between HCA and the union are set to begin. Citing staffing and… Read More »
AP PHOTOS: In despair, French hospital interns go on strike
French hospital interns are holding an exceptional, open-ended strike to demand a better future By DANIEL COLE Associated Press December 24, 2019, 1:08 PM 3 min read MARSEILLE, France — Nestled in the cinderblock complex of Marseille’s sprawling La Timone hospital stands the intern residency building, home to a community of French student doctors holding… Read More »
Judge refuses to strike down 2020 site-neutral plan — but chides CMS
Dive Brief: A federal judge will not stop CMS from implementing its site-neutral payment policy in 2020, according to an opinion filed Monday. In September, the judge ruled in favor of hospitals pushing back against CMS’ payment cuts to their off-campus hospital clinics for this year. Despite the judge’s ruling, CMS went ahead with plans… Read More »
Alyssa Milano calls for ‘sex strike’
Alyssa Milano has joined a host of celebrities calling for a change to the new abortion law passed in the US state of Georgia. Under the law, abortion is prohibited once doctors can detect a heartbeat in the foetus, that is often about six weeks into the pregnancy and sometimes before a woman even knows… Read More »