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Daniel Keane

Striking nurses say ‘we’re doing this for patients’ with key hospitals to be hit

RCN announces two strikes in December

(Picture: PA Wire)

Nursing leaders apologised for the disruption set to be caused by strike action next month but insisted nurses were “doing this for patients”.

The Royal College of Nursing confirmed on Friday that nurses in around half of all NHS trusts would walk out on December 15 and 20 in a dispute over pay.

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