Nurses will conduct a national two-day strike at more hospitals in January after the Tories ignored pleas to negotiate over pay, a major union has announced.
The 48 hour walk-out in England from January 18 will be an escalation of the bitter industrial dispute by the Royal College of Nursing after a decade of real terms pay cuts for workers.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay has twice met the union and refused to talk about pay and the RCN says it must be improved because “staff shortages and low pay make patient care unsafe”.
