Special schools in Northern Ireland may have to close during the nurses' strike, the Department of Education says
RCN members in Northern Ireland previously took strike action in 2019 and 2020
Nurses work in some special schools which have pupils with profound disabilities or life-limiting conditions. The department said that was in light of "unprecedented industrial action by nursing staff which took place in December 2019 and January 2020 which led to a decision by some special schools to close".
"Where the proportion of pupils requiring critical specialist nursing support is small, exceptional closures may not be appropriate."Unite workers protested outside Glenveagh School in south Belfast earlier this year
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