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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Matthew Weaver and Christy Cooney

Pressure on ministers to avert NHS strikes ahead of ‘very challenging’ week

Members of the Royal College of Nursing on the picket line outside Mater Infirmorum hospital in Belfast on Thursday.
Members of the Royal College of Nursing on the picket line outside Mater Infirmorum hospital in Belfast on Thursday. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

Planned strikes next week will be “very challenging” for the health service, hospital bosses have warned, after they conceded that Thursday’s nurses strikes had had a “significant impact”.

The comments from NHS Providers came amid mounting pressure on the government from senior backbenchers and usually supportive newspapers to try to resolve the dispute.

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