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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rachel Hall

Nurses fail to vote in sufficient numbers for fresh strikes in England

Pat Cullen, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, joins protesters outside a hospital in Cardiff
Pat Cullen, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, raised concerns that members were deterred by mandatory postal voting. Photograph: Gareth Everett/Huw Evans/Shutterstock

Nurses in England have failed to vote in sufficient numbers for further strike action after the nursing union leader raised concerns that they were deterred by mandatory postal voting.

The Royal College of Nursing had sought a fresh mandate for industrial action over pay until Christmas through a ballot of more than 300,000 nursing staff across England, which closed on 23 June.

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