 The Royal College of Nursing is currently balloting its members over strike action. It comes after analysis by London Economics this week showed real terms pay for nurses has dropped by up to a third during a decade of Tory rule. The NHS is facing unprecedented winter strikes after Britain's biggest health union Unison this week became the latest to launch a ballot for industrial action. The NHS is facing unprecedented winter strikes ( PA) It followed the Royal College of Nursing, GMB, Unite, the Royal College of Midwives and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy to either ballot or plan for strike action. Workers are angry over the Government's average pay increase award of around 4% for most NHS workers in England. The devolved government in Wales offered NHS workers the same while the Scottish administration has offered a 5% rise. A number of unions representing NHS staff may ballot for strike action ( Getty Images) They fall well short of the RPI rate of inflation currently at 12.6% and unions are demanding an above inflation rise. General S){kind=link}
The number of Brits who support nurses going on strike has increased by around five percent over the last three months, according to new data released by YouGov
Public support for NHS workers going on strike is growing, the Mirror can reveal.
YouGov polling shows 65% of Brits support nurses going on strike – up from 60% three months ago.
The representative poll of 1,653 adults commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing showed 79% believe there are not enough nurses in the NHS to deliver safe care.
When asked which area of public spending should be protected most the NHS came out on top with 56% saying it should be protected.