 ( Liverpool Echo) Esther said it is common for nurses to eat leftovers ( Paul David Drabble) What's more, the nurse, from Zimbabwe, says plenty of her colleagues do the same. Esther, 36, who with a heavy heart is supportive of strike action for better pay, expected to be announced by The Royal College Of Nursing tomorrow, explains: 'Yes, I go without meals. Lunch, sometimes breakfast. You can't go and buy a hot meal at work, it costs £6-7. 'Sometimes you have to grab extra sandwiches from the patients' trollies. Of course people will tell you it's against hospital policy. Some say it's okay. Most of the time I do that. 'Sometimes they reprimand you, but they have not reported me. It is commo){kind=link}
Nurse Esther has struggled so much with high rent, spiralling energy bills and grocery costs, she is now working in a NHS hospital as an agency nurse and has moved to the north
Nurses at the majority of NHS employers around the UK have voted to strike over pay and working conditions.
The Royal College of Nursing said industrial action will take place in the NHS trusts or health boards that have met the legal requirements.
Many of the biggest hospitals in England will see strike action by RCN members but others narrowly missed the legal turnout thresholds to qualify for action.
All NHS employers in Northern Ireland and Scotland will be included and all bar one in Wales met the relevant legal thresholds.