Nurses employed by the only health board in Wales that won't be striking against the Welsh Government's "insulting" pay offer claim they didn't receive their ballot papers in time. On Wednesday it was announced that thousands of members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will be walking out after voting overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.
The union's first period of industrial action is likely to take place in December, with its mandate to organise strikes running until early May 2023 - six months after members finished voting. The strike will be the first time UK-wide action is being taken by RCN members in its 106-year history.
It was announced on Wednesday that 12 out of the 13 NHS employers in Wales passed the 50% turnout threshold for the vote to be legally binding. However, as Aneurin Bevan University Health Board had a turnout of 49.6% its nurses will not be taking part in the action.
