Nurses on strike in Liverpool say staff shortages mean hospital patients are being neglected.
Nurses on a picket line in Liverpool have said staff shortages mean patients are being neglected.in NHS history.
"Patients aren't getting their teeth brushed, they're lying in their own waste because there aren't enough of us," said Kelly Hopkins who added low wages were affecting recruitment.Staff nurse Ms Hopkins, 46, who has been a nurse for 25 years said she felt "sad" when she went in to work. "I have connections with the food bank and there are more and more nurses using the food bank, which is just not acceptable," she said."They're having to use food banks, they're coming in cold, they're going without food to feed their children, it's just crazy."She said she was motivated to strike over safe staffing levels and there were thousands of job vacancies at the NHS but it was struggling to attract new workers.
"Patients aren't getting their teeth brushed, they're lying in their own waste because there aren't enough of us, we can't split ourselves in two, especially on the wards.Another nurse on the picket line, Pamela Jones, said she was striking after seeing "astronomical" changes during her 32-year career as a nurse."You've only got to come into A&E and see the queues, there's no beds.
The action is the first of two day-long strikes over pay - a walkout will also take place on 20 December.Why not follow BBC North West on
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