Great Ormond Street triggers alert over fears nurses' strikes will hit safety of child patients
Great Ormond Street has declared an incident over "serious concerns" about how it will safely staff the children's hospital with nurses going on strike.Chief executive Mat Shaw said children "have no voice in the debate" over pay and needed to be protected as he issued the alert.
GOSH worried it will also be hit by the National Education Union's industrial action between April 27 and May 2 2023.Mr Shaw said on Friday: "We respect the right of our staff to take part in lawful industrial action, but after exhausting all options, at the moment we have serious concerns over how we will safely staff our hospital during the strike.
The hospital has seen 4,300 fewer patients than normal during the junior doctors' and nurses' strikes - a 33% drop.
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