Nottinghamshire hospitals are facing a potential walkout of key workers as members of the UK's biggest nursing union consider strike action. The Royal College of Nursing, which has 300,000 members across the country, began balloting its members today (Thursday, October 6) over pay and staff shortages.
The ballot, which runs until November 2, is the first to be conducted by the RCN in its 106-year history. Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital in Nottingham, as well as King's Mill, Newark and Mansfield Community hospitals, would all be affected by strike action.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, which provides integrated healthcare services, including mental health, across the county, would also face a walkout. The RCN has urged its members to vote for strike action "in protest at years of government-imposed pay freezes and below-inflation pay awards".
