Why nurses in Greater Manchester are not striking as thousands set to walk out for the first time
Thousands of nurses are set to walk out on strike today in the biggest-ever industrial action carried out by the Royal College of Nursing . "Front-door" urgent care assessment and admission units including A&E are expected to see Christmas Day-level staffing, while paediatric-only A&E departments are fully exempt from strike action.
At the time the results were revealed, the following North West NHS trusts were among those anticipated to be affected: Despite the smaller number of the region’s organisations expected to be affected, Greater Manchester’s NHS chiefs sounded alarm bells about the impending strike action, saying they would prepare for strikes as they would a major incident. The strike dates were then announced to be December 15 and 20, but the RCN and Greater Manchester’s NHS confirmed that no trusts in the region would be affected.
To make sure patients are not left at risk, other options for decreasing the risks to patients might see a strike take place in shifts rather than a complete walkout or staff will take turns at the picket line, they say.
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