'We're at breaking point, my health is being affected... we would never want to strike.' NHS nurses call LBC to share their compelling reasons for voting for the RCN's first nationwide strike in its 106-year history. NickFerrariLBC
biggest ever in the union's 106-year historyNurses at most NHS employers will take part in the industrial action if the Government does not respond to the RCN's request for salary increases to be 5% above the RPI inflation rate.
Breaking down in tears, she said, "We're at breaking point, my health is being affected...it is not something we take lightly, but I just feel where can we go if we don't have nurses in the workforce?" She continued that nurses have asked for pay rises in line inflation as MPs do - but "we've always been given our measly one percent and that has resulted in this."
In another call, Nick asked cancer nurse Alice from Bristol what care will look like during the walkout. She continued: "No one's going to be suffering and missing out because we're still going to be seeing patients...safety won't be compromised."Will the nurses' strike have public support?
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