NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Nurses have voted to go on strike across the UK for the first time since their union was founded 106 years ago.
More than 300,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing were balloted over whether they supported strike action in response to a below-inflation pay deal.
In the majority of NHS employers this will now take place, including all NHS employers in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and all bar one in Wales that met the legal turnout thresholds to qualify.
Many of the biggest hospitals in England will see strike action by RCN members, including Guys and St Thomas’ in London, near the House of Commons.