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The UKβs biggest ever nursesβ strike
The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Health Reporter, Smitha Mundasad, explains the reasons for the UKβs biggest ever nursesβ walkout.
This December, nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will walk out in a row over pay and patient safety. Itβs the first ever national strike by the Royal College of Nursing. The union says members have had enough being taken for granted, of unsafe staffing levels and of not being able to give patients βthe care they deserveβ. But the government says their pay demands arenβt affordable. So what exactly do they want? And how did it come to this? The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Health Reporter, Smitha Mundasad, answers 5 Questions Onβ¦ The UKβs biggest ever nursesβ strike