Nurses

In her latest Daily Mirror column, Blackpool's Linda Colan has provided an update on her incurable cancer. Credit: Neil Cross.

Lancashire's Linda Nolan provides update on cancer & its side effects

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting branded the crisis engulfing NHS hospitals a “disgrace” (Inset: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire_

Labour Party react after cancer patient 'forced to sleep on A&E floor'

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How to stay well at Glastonbury and avoid these 8 common mishaps

Madeleine Butcher was forced to sleep on the floor at Blackpool Victoria Hospital due to no beds being available in the A&E department

My terminally ill wife had to sleep on the floor at Blackpool Vic

Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Blackpool nurse given caution after gifting alcohol to a patient

Cheryl Fergison revealed she scalded herself multiple times following her battle with cancer (Credit: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

I'm a soap star and I thought I'd die from my addiction to self harm

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Zak Nelson, 28, and Elliot Griffiths, 26 got engaged in their hospital beds after nurses reunited them in intensive care.

Watch: Car crash survivors get engaged in intensive care

Blackpool Victoria

Former Blackpool nurse to be struck off over "very serious" errors

Paul Philip Roberts met Kate in Blackpool in 2019, shortly after he underwent surgery for his lung cancer (Credit: Philip Roberts, PA Wire/ Stephen Pond,Getty Images)

I met Kate after my cancer diagnosis - my heart goes out to her

Tributes paid to Blackpool Vic nurse who lost cancer battle at just 36

Video reveals gender stereotyping is still rife in children

Patients miss out on 1.8million days of care

A nurse in uniform. Credit: Getty Images

Lancashire nurse struck off after being found with Fentanyl in his car

Catherine Hudson suggested administering an unprescribed zopiclone, a sleeping pill, to an elderly patient

Documentary airs about nurses who drugged patients to keep them quiet

(top) Catherine Hudson, 54, of Coriander Close, Blackpool and Charlotte Wilmot, 48, of Bowland Crescent, Blackpool (bottom) were sentenced to a combined total of 10 years in prison at Preston Crown Court after being found guilty of multiple offences after trial in October. One of their victims was Aileen Scott (right) whose son Brian described the nurses' behaviour as 'wicked' and 'pure evil'

Son of hospital patient who was victim of 'wicked' nurses speaks out

The son of an elderly stroke patient at Blackpool Victoria Hospital has spoken out after two nurses were jailed for administering potentially life-threatening sedatives to his mum and other patients - so they could enjoy an “easy life” on their shifts.

Matthew Calderbank

Uber and Uber Eats offer NHS staff working over Christmas free food and travel

Uber and Uber Eats offer NHS staff free food and travel

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

Armenian Kebab House in South Shore has temporarily closed out of respect for its owner who sadly died following a short illness

Armenian Kebab House temporarily closes out of respect following owner's death

Blackpool Victoria Nurses Catherine Hudson, 54, and Charlotte Wilmot, 48, appeared at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday, September 6.

Nurse accused of drugging patients showed 'nothing but care & devotion'

A couple are suing Southern Regional Hospital after their son was ‘decapitated’ during birth

Couple sue doctor after newborn was ‘decapitated’ during delivery

A family statement confirmed Bryan Randall died after secretly battling Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Credit: Getty

Sandra Bullock's longtime partner dead at 57 after secret ALS battle

Jessy Williams with her daughter Sky

Mum has one of smallest babies ever born in UK - weighing 350g

NHS Digital figures show around 435 people resigned from their posts at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with 95 nurses and health visitors choosing to leave their jobs in the year to March.

435 NHS workers resigned from their posts in Blackpool last year

Aldi makes huge change to popular super 6 fruit & veg promotion - what’s new?

Aldi makes huge change to popular Super 6 fruit & veg promotion

North Wales Business Awards - Business Start up of the Year

Healthcare Director makes a triumphant return to Preston

Captain Sir Tom Moore to get his own biopic

Captain Sir Tom Moore shot to fame during the early stages of coronavirus in the UK when he raised over £30 million for the NHS after walking 100 laps in his garden - with his life to play out in a biopic

Daniel Mcneil

New plans would allow more doctors and nurses to receive their training "on the job" rather than via the traditional university route.

Student doctors told to skip university to solve the NHS staff crisis

Nurses to vote on England-wide strikes after rejecting 5% pay rise

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Health unions back new pay offer for millions of NHS staff

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

World-renowned London children’s hospital has called for exemptions for emergency care ahead of nurses’ strike. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

Great Ormond Street Hospital declares ‘incident’ amid nurses’ strike

The RCN strike will be cut short after the high court ruled it “partly unlawful.”

Next week’s nurses’ strike ruled ‘partly unlawful’

Midwives in England vote to accept government pay offer

Strictly Come Dancing judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Craig Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke are will stay for another series of the BBC show

Strictly Come Dancing judge comments on pay row rumours

New figures obtained by Labour through a Freedom of Information request revealed patients are being forced to wait up to an hour and a half for 999 calls to be answered.

Patients wait an hour and a half for 999 calls to be answered

A Royal College of Nursing picket line as staff strike outside a hospital.

RCN nursing staff to vote on new NHS pay offer

A host of new characters including the son of The Chase host Bradley Wash and a fan-favourite from BBC’s Holby City - Credit: BBC

New characters coming to Casualty - including Bradley Walsh’s son

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Rail workers will stage a series of fresh strikes in March and April (Photo: Getty Images)

Strike action taking place in March 2023 in the UK - including NEU

Sir Rod Stewart poses for photos with members of staff at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex

Sir Rod Stewart backs NHS wage rise and pays for patient scans

RCN nurses suspend next week’s strike and enter pay negotiations

The Royal College of Nursing have announced their biggest strikes to date.

Rail workers, postal workers and nurses all announce new strike dates

Nurses to stage 48-hour strike next month including A&E workers

MPs have been given a 2.9% pay rise, starting from April 1.

MPs to get 2.9% pay rise, taking salaries to over £86,000

The biggest strike day in NHS history is happening this week

Nurses' strike: the Lancashire ops and appointments postponed by walkouts so far

Who is striking in February 2023? Full list of all industrial action

Tory MP says NHS nurses using food banks should ‘budget better’

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital, central London. Continued strike action plus winter pressures are jeopardising the ability of the NHS to break out of a "vicious cycle", a health leader has said. Issue date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

Strikes 2023: Nursing staff at 55 NHS trusts in England walk out

EIS Union teachers on the picket line (Pic: John Devlin)

Over 450,000 working days were lost to strike action in November

Love Island series 9 contestant Olivia Hawkins was a stunt double in the show Brassic which has many links to Chorley.

Meet the Love Island contestant who worked on No Time to Die

Nurses and supporters gather outside University College Hospital before marching to Downing Street after a day of strike action on December 20 2022 in London. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Nurses’ strike in February will be ‘twice as big’, union leaders warn

Foodbank on Ward 10 at Walsall Manor Hospital with Claire Cooper, Senior Sister.

Hospitals forced to open food banks for their own staff

Pro-wrestler blasts Rishi Sunak over nurses strike at Tokyo Dome