A nurse went on strike so everyone can have the same quality of care as her daughter who died of breast cancer four months ago.
Ann San, a nurse for 35 years, stood with colleagues in freezing temperatures on the picket outside Old Swan Walk-in Centre on the first day of the first strike in the Royal College of Nursing's (RCN) 106-year history. The 65-year-old stuck with the profession for so long because of "a duty of care" she feels to her patients, who have chronic diseases. But now she fears the emergence of a "two-tier system" that might have denied her daughter, Jeannette Rowe, care.
Motivated by Jeannette's passion for the NHS, Ann told the ECHO: "I know she'd want me to be here because she was as passionate about the NHS as I am. She got fantastic treatment, she got fantastic care, and I don't want to see that stop for anybody else. But unfortunately now, people are being affected by it. I want every patient to get the same standard of care that my daughter got."
