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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. Itβs 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 βthe care they deserveβ. But the government says their pay demands arenβt affordable. So what is it exactly that they want? And how did it come to this? The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Health Reporter, Laura Foster, answers 5 Questions On... The UKβs biggest ever nursesβ strike.
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