Nursing union gives ministers until Thursday to open pay talks as first signs emerge of bid to end dispute and prevent NHS collapse • How will NHS strikes affect you? Union leaders threatened on Saturday night to order a fresh wave of more severe strikes in the new year in […]

After first day of strike, NHS leaders and former pay review boss implore PM and Steve Barclay to review offer Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure to negotiate with striking nurses after four former Conservative ministers joined health service leaders to call for a way out of the escalating dispute. […]