Public health
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3 days agoOne in 10 patients spent over 12 hours in A&E in 2025
One in ten patients at major A&E units in England waited over 12 hours in 2025, with 1.75 million such waits and widespread unsafe corridor care.
A survey of Royal College of Nursing members showed 91% did not think the 3.6% pay increase this year was enough. The RCN warned there was widespread dissatisfaction with the NHS contract, known as Agenda for Change. Nurses begin on band five, with a starting salary of just over 31,000, after this year's pay rise. Nearly half of nurses are on this bottom band and research shows many struggle to move on from it.