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UK curbs nurses' strike after taking legal action against union

Royal College of Nursing General Secretary Pat Cullen and nurses hold banners as they demonstrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Britain, April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Sam Tobin

The British government succeeded on Thursday in limiting the length of an upcoming strike by nurses, after the health department took legal action against a trade union.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) had called a 48-hour strike from the evening of April 30, which for the first time would involve staff from emergency departments, intensive care units, cancer care and other, previously exempt services.

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