Nurses In UK Are On Historic Strike To Demand Pay Rise
Nurses In UK Are On Historic Strike To Demand Pay Rise

Nurses In UK Are On Historic Strike To Demand Pay Rise

Nurses In UK Are On Historic Strike To Demand Pay Rise

Nurses in United Kingdom (UK), Wales and Northern Ireland are to go on strike from 08:00 on Thursday in the largest action of its kind in NHS history to demand for a pay rise.

The action will involve nurses in around a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England, all health boards in Northern Ireland and all but one in Wales. Nurses are not striking in Scotland.

Staff will continue to provide “life-preserving” and some urgent care but routine surgery and other planned treatment is likely to be disrupted.

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The UK government said the RCN’S 19 percent pay rise demand was unaffordable.

In England and Wales, most NHS staff have already received a pay rise of roughly £1,400 this year – worth about 4% on average for nurses.

The RCN wants a larger rise, of 5% above the RPI inflation rate, which currently stands at 14%, saying its members have received years of below-inflation pay increases.

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