The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) offered to suspend the proposed action if Health Secretary Steve Barclay would agree to negotiate properly on pay.
The Foreign Secretary said the Government are putting ‘contingency’ plans in place as ambulance workers and other NHS staff stage go on strike.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Sunday that pay decisions are subject to an independent process.
The shadow health secretary said that Labour will not have a ‘something-for-nothing culture in the NHS’.
The Royal College of Nursing on Saturday offered to “press pause” on planned strike action if Steve Barclay agreed to negotiate properly on pay.
The Labour MP hit out at the BMA trade union, which represents doctors and medical students.
The RCN has reportedly offered to ‘press pause’ on planned strike action if Health Secretary Steve Barclay agrees to negotiate on pay.
RCN members are due to take part in unprecedented national strikes on December 15 and December 20.
The powersharing crisis at Stormont had held up the implementation of the 2022/23 pay increases.
Sir Keir Starmer called on Rishi Sunak to “stop grandstanding” and get around the negotiating table with public sector unions.
Border Force workers are to launch a series of strikes over Christmas in a bitter dispute over pay, pensions and jobs.
Here are some of the strikes or ballots planned.
Steve Barclay made the claim as he faced suggestions from Labour he was “using nurses as a scapegoat to avoid blame” for the difficult winter ahead.
Troops have been training to cover as firefighters and ambulance crews in the event of industrial action.
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to take industrial action on December 15 and 20.
