Steve “Bullyboy” Barclay will “carry the can” if patients’ lives are lost due to his refusal to hold talks on health workers’ pay, Unite boss Sharon Graham has told the Mirror.
Thousands of nurses will head back to the picket lines tomorrow, while the first national strike by ambulance staff in 30 years kicks off on Wednesday.
Ms Graham made a last-ditch plea to Mr Barclay, who has been accused of “bullyboy” tactics by Royal College of Nursing leader Pat Cullen, to avert the strikes by holding talks on pay.