Nurses are set to mount their first ever national strike in what is due to be their biggest-ever walkout in the history of the NHS. Here's what you need to know ⤵️
NHS staff march through central London during a protest demanding a pay rise in 2021. The RCN is set to hold its first ever national walkout next month Nurses are set to mount their first ever national strike in what is due to be their biggest-ever walkout in the history of the NHS.in England, Wales and Northern Ireland next month in a dramatic escalation over a pay row.
The Government says the RCN pay demands amount to a 19.2 per cent salary rise, which is “not affordable”, but the RCN says it has no choice after its offer of formal negotiations was rejected.with postal staff, teachers and university lecturersThe RCN said it had called the strikes after the Government turned down its offer of talks instead of industrial action and said it will announce which NHS employers will strike next week.
Earlier this month, the RCN announced that nursing staff at the majority of NHS employers across the UK had voted to take strike action over pay and patient safety.The RCN said that despite a pay rise of around £1,400 over the summer, experienced nurses had lost 20 per cent of their pay in real terms due to below-inflation awards since 2010.
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