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Pic: Henry Fowler/Strike Map
Features / 20 May 2026
Unity builds the power of NHS workers to change the system
20 May 2026

HOLLY TURNER, DR EMMA RUNSWICK, JORDAN RIVERA and PAULA DUNNE reflect on their joint union fringe meeting at this week’s Royal College of Nursing Congress in Liverpool

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, January 18, 2023
Wales / 19 May 2026
Nursing students suffering ‘severe exhaustion’ due to lack of support in Wales, RCN warns
19 May 2026
Health Secretary James Murray
Health crisis / 18 May 2026
Nearly two-thirds of NHS organisations expect to cut services this year
18 May 2026
NHS staff blockade the entrance to NHS England's headquarters in central London demanding the cancellation of its contract with Palantir, which campaign groups say supplies advanced technology to Israel's military, April 3, 2024
Big Tech / 11 May 2026
Campaigners and union reps demand NHS ‘cease all contracts with Palantir’
11 May 2026

US tech giant granted ‘unlimited access’ to patients’ data

Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, as resident doctors in England begin six-days of industrial action in their ongoing row over pay and jobs, April 7, 2026
Workers' Rights / 11 May 2026
Senior doctors across England balloted on taking strike action
11 May 2026
Strikes against ‘savage’ NHS workforce cull ends with legal action warning
Healthcare / 8 May 2026
Strikes against ‘savage’ NHS workforce cull ends with legal action warning
8 May 2026
NHS / 6 May 2026
Welsh health board director urged to resign as Unite announces more strikes
6 May 2026
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, during a visit to Bathgate, while campaigning for the upcoming Holyrood election, May 4, 2026
Scotland / 5 May 2026
Vote Labour to ‘save our NHS’, says Sarwar
5 May 2026
The hand of a patient grips the rail of a hospital bed in the X-ray department at The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in East Lancashire, May 17, 2020
Healthcare / 28 April 2026
Housing issues costing NHS £102m as mental health patients stuck in hospital beds
28 April 2026
Defence Secretary John Healey (left) and the CEO of software company Palantir Technologies Alex Karp sign a £1.5 billion investment, at Wellington Conference Room, Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, September 18, 2025
Britain / 26 April 2026
Palantir recruits at least 32 public officials, including leaders of AI strategy from MoD and NHS
26 April 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Scotland / 16 April 2026
Medics calls for ‘radical reform’ to save Scottish NHS
16 April 2026
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking during the launch of Scottish Labour's manifesto for the upcoming Holyrood election, at the University of Edinburgh Hospitality and Events Collection in Edinburgh, April 13, 2026
Holyrood Elections / 15 April 2026
Sarwar vows to reverse neonatal centralistion
15 April 2026
Workers' Rights / 15 April 2026
Overwork driving NHS workers to ‘breaking point,’ warn Unison
15 April 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 13 April 2026
Private firms made £1.6bn in profits from NHS in two years, research finds
13 April 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 12 April 2026
Urgent care centre expansion won’t end corridor care, RCEM warns
12 April 2026
A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London
Workers' Rights / 10 April 2026
Scotland now lacks an entire year’s cohort of nurses, RCN warns
10 April 2026
NHS staff blockade the entrance to NHS England's headquarters in central London demanding the cancellation of its contract with Palantir, April 3, 2024
Britain / 9 April 2026
NHS data chief pushes for deeper rollout of Palantir technology despite outcry
9 April 2026
NHS resident doctors protesting outside Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, during a five-day strike after talks with the Government collapsed over pay, July 25, 2025
Workers' Rights / 6 April 2026
Resident doctors to strike for six days from April 7
6 April 2026
Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside Cheltenham General Hospital during their continuing dispute over pay, January 8, 2024
Healthcare / 31 March 2026
BMA accuses government of ‘moving the goalposts’ ahead of strike ballot
31 March 2026
National Cancer Institute / Creative Commons
Healthcare / 28 March 2026
Pregnant women and cancer patients ‘at risk’ because of sonographer shortage
28 March 2026
Workers at one of the 19 National Pandemic Flu Service call centres answer calls from people concerned about swine flu, London July 2009
Workers' Rights / 27 March 2026
Many NHS 111 call handlers leaving due to ‘relentless’ and abusive calls, Unison warns
27 March 2026
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
Healthcare / 19 March 2026
UVW secures contract for cleaning and catering staff in two NHS hospitals
19 March 2026
A general view of medical equipment on a NHS hospital ward a
Wales / 19 March 2026
Plaid and Labour clash over latest cancer treatment figures
19 March 2026
NHS workers on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital, London, ahead of a march from the hospital to Trafalgar Square, as members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Unite union continue their strike action in a dispute over pay, May 1, 2023
Workers' Rights / 17 March 2026
NHS workforce crisis will worsen without improvement on 3.3% pay offer, health unions say
17 March 2026