A strike by RMT rail workers, while disruptive, is hardly historic. But that is the only way to describe today’s walkout by nurses — the largest ever of its kind in the NHS.
Staff at a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England, all health boards in Northern Ireland and all but one in Wales are taking part. In London, industrial action is impacting Great Ormond Street, Imperial College Healthcare and Royal Marsden, among others.
