Ministers urged to get NHS pay reviewers to think again to halt nurses strikes
Conservative chairman of the Commons Health Committee Steve Brine said it would be a “sensible answer” to ending the strike.
Conservative chairman of the Commons Health Committee Steve Brine said it would be a “sensible answer” to ending the strike.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said Dame Ruth’s support of nurses is ‘absolutely right’ but Downing Street said she does not speak for the Government.
Healthcare workers are being offered the support as part of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s care package.
The Royal College of Nursing is holding the biggest strike in the history of nursing.
Tens of thousands of nurses from the Royal College of Nursing are on strike in a bitter dispute over pay.
The RCN says nurses’ pay has been eroded but the Government says it accepts the recommendations of the independent pay review body.
Tens of thousands of nurses are to participate in the first national walkout of the NHS.
Staff in all but one of the country’s health boards will take part in the walk-out on Thursday.
The Royal College of Nursing is taking part in its second strike in three years in the region.
Thousands of NHS appointments and operations have been cancelled, with a bank holiday-style service being run in many areas.
The Royal College of Nursing in Northern Ireland will take part in a strike for fair pay and safe staffing levels.
The Royal College of Nursing is taking part in a strike on Thursday over pay and conditions.
The organisation said the RCN would hold further strikes unless the Government was willing to discuss pay.
Picket lines were mounted outside railway stations across the country.
The Labour leader pressured him to negotiate with the union over pay to avert the industrial action.