Nurses across the region joined a mass strike this evening.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the "biggest strike yet" will be held at 8pm on Sunday, April 30 and ends at 11.59pm on May 1. The strike was originally planned to run for 48-hours, ending at 8pm on Tuesday May 2, but was cut short following a High Court hearing.
For the first time, the strike will include nursing staff working in emergency departments, intensive care units, cancer care and other services that were previously exempt from strike action.
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RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said: "After a three-month pause, strike action by nursing staff regrettably recommences tonight. The government wants to bring NHS strike action to a close this coming week but with several big unions - and nursing as the largest part of the NHS workforce - still in dispute, it has to do better.
"Only negotiations can resolve this and I urge ministers to reopen formal discussions with the College over pay specifically. Nursing staff are looking for a fair settlement that shows the government values and understands their profession. We appear a long way from that currently but I remind ministers it is entirely in their gift."
According to the Mirror, those taking part in the North West included:
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB
- North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
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