by BoatSurfer600
NURSES will provide “critical care” for patients in the event of strike action — but only a decent pay rise will stop a continuing exodus of tens of thousands from the NHS, their union warned today.
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) leader Pat Cullen spoke out as 300,000 nurses across Britain began voting on strike action over pay for the first time in the RCN’s 106-year history.
The NHS has more than 40,000 nurse vacancies in England alone with low pay, staff shortages and unmanageable workloads forcing staff to seek other, better-paid jobs.
Nurses want a pay increase equal to inflation, currently 10 per cent, plus 5 per cent.
Source: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/over-300000-nurses-vote-first-ever-strike-ballot-over-pay
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