National Health Service nurses in Britain staged a strike, their first ever national walkout, as a bitter dispute with the government over pay ramps up pressure on already-stretched hospitals at one of the busiest times of the year
Nurses want 19% pay riseUnion says more strike possible of govt won't discuss pay
Inflation running at more than 10%, trailed by pay offers of around 4%, is stoking tensions between unions and employers. The widely admired nursing profession will shut down parts of the NHS, which since its founding in 1948 has developed national treasure status for being free at the point of use, hitting healthcare provision when it is already stretched in winter and with backlogs at record levels due to COVID delays.
Outside St Thomas' Hospital in central London, Ethnea Vaughan, 50, a practice development nurse from London said she felt nurses had no option but to strike, blaming a government that had ignored their concerns for years. But the government has said it cannot afford to pay more than the 4-5% offered to nurses, which was recommended by an independent body, and that further pay increases would mean taking money away from frontline services.
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