Nurse strikes could continue to Christmas without new pay offer …

A union leader has warned that nurses strikes could run "right up until Christmas" unless the government comes up with a new pay offer. Royal College of Nursing[1] general secretary Pat Cullen told Laura Kuenssberg[2] that she received a letter from health secretary Steve Barclay[3] on Sunday morning (16 April) telling her that a bonus offered to nurses by the government is "enough." It comes after RCN members voted to reject a government pay offer, with a 48-hour strike organised from 8pm on 30 April to 8pm on 2 May affecting all services.

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References

1. ^ Royal College of Nursing (www.independent.co.uk)
2. ^ Laura Kuenssberg (www.independent.co.uk)
3. ^ Steve Barclay (www.independent.co.uk)
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