Scores of nurses braved the freezing conditions on Thursday for a second day of strikes in Greater Manchester. The walk-out over pay and conditions follows a wave of strikes from other NHS workers, including paramedics last week.
This week was the first time members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) had walked out in Greater Manchester in its 106-year history. Nurses argued they would rather be caring for patients than protesting, but that the current difficult working conditions had left them no choice.
Despite freezing temperatures and snow falling outside The Christie cancer centre in Withington, nurses continued to protest in solidarity for their voices to be heard and to highlight their struggles. Protests were also held at Tameside and Glossop and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS trusts.
