Nurses have given PM Rishi Sunak until Friday to increase their pay offer or face even worse NHS disruption.
After Thursday’s walkout and another to come on Tuesday, they have given the Government a 48-hour window to head off strikes in January. If there is no deal on the table within two days of their return to work, nurses’ leaders say more will join the 100,000 already taking action.
The Royal College of Nursing says new walkouts will hit more hospitals and cut skeleton levels of care further.
