As an Intensive care Nurse of 16 years, I have witnessed how the NHS has been cut, the nursing bursary removed, student nurse incentives removed, staffing fall so today, has come as no real surprise to me. I am in complete solidarity with the Nurse's strike action.
Nurses have voted to stage strikes across the UK for the first time in their history in pursuit of a better pay deal. This in my opinion is long over due. Nurses have voted to stage strikes across the UK for the first time in their history in pursuit of a better pay deal. Nurses can not continue on this path, making the profession unaffordable to live on. It is the first time in the RCN’s 106-year history that it has instigated a statutory ballot of its members across all the countries of the UK about industrial action.
The impending strikes are likely to be the first in a potentially prolonged series of actions over the winter and into the spring by other groups of health workers, including junior doctors and ambulance staff. NHS bosses are bracing themselves for junior doctors, ambulance staff and others also taking action.
The RCN has not said when the first strike will happen. But it is likely to be in early to mid-December and take place over two days, possibly a Tuesday and a Thursday, to show ministers the depth of feeling over the issue.
With a current shortfall of 40,000 nurses, the Green Party pledge that working conditions and wages of nurses, need to rise in order to encourage more people to train as nurses.
Nursing staff have my complete support.not continue on this path, making the professional unaffordable to live. It is the first time in the RCN’s 106-year history that it has instigated a statutory ballot of its members across all the countries of the UK about industrial action.
The impending strikes are likely to be the first in a potentially prolonged series of actions over the winter and into the spring by other groups of health workers, including junior doctors and ambulance staff. NHS bosses are bracing themselves for junior doctors, ambulance staff and others also taking action.
The RCN has not said when the first strike will happen. But it is likely to be in early to mid-December and take place over two days, possibly a Tuesday and a Thursday, to show ministers the depth of feeling over the issue.
With a current shortfall of 40,000 nurses, the Green Party pledge that working conditions and wages of nurses, need to rise in order to encourage more people to train as nurses.
Nursing staff have my complete support.
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