Nurses and ambulance staff are today starting another set of walk-outs which will amount to the biggest strike action in NHS history.
The industrial action will see 73 NHS hospital trusts across England affected as nurses go on strike today and tomorrow (February 6 and February 7), while ambulance staff join them today as well as striking on Friday (February 10).
Three trusts in Greater Manchester will be striking, following action taken by NHS workers during December and January in disputes over pay, working conditions and dangerously low staffing levels.