Nurses, including those working in intensive care and A&E, are set to walk out on strike at four of the North East's NHS hospital trusts in a two-day strike at the beginning of March.
This marks an escalation in the ongoing pay dispute - as previously critical services have been protected. But the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union has now announced another strike for 48 hours between 6am on March 1 and 6am on March 3 where this will not be the case.
This will also be the first time the nursing strikes have stretched into a night shift. As previously, the Newcastle Hospitals, Gateshead Health, Northumbria Healthcare and County Durham and Darlington NHS trusts will be affected.
