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Nurses on strike

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Health Reporter, Laura Foster, explores the UK's biggest ever nurses' walkout.

Nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are taking a stand on pay progression and patient safety. It’s the biggest ever strike by the Royal College of Nursing. The union says members have had enough of being taken for granted, of unsafe staffing levels and of not being able to give patients β€œthe care they deserve”. But the government says their pay demands aren’t affordable. So what is it exactly that they want? And how did it come to this? The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Health Reporter, Laura Foster, answers 5 Questions On... The UK’s biggest ever nurses’ strike.

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