Falling ill this Christmas will be 'very scary indeed' unless the nurses' strike can be averted, Andrew Marr has warned
Members of the Royal College of Nursing are planning to go on strike from Thursday for the first time in its 105-year-history, unless the government talks to them about pay - but ministers have so far stuck to the line that salaries can only be reviewed by an external body.
Speaking on LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr, the presenter asked if this approach isn't a "too procedural, technical, fastidious computer-says-no distinction".every Monday to Thursday from 6pm to 7pm He said: "It may be 6 o’clock; but it's also the 11th hour, at least for the strikes by 100,000 nurses and others in the NHS due to start on Thursday: because right now, the Health Secretary Steve Barclay is meeting representatives of the Royal College of Nursing.
"The RCN has promised to press pause on these strikes, the first in its 105-year history - if ministers talk to them about pay. And we can probably believe the nurses' leaders since, also tonight, after speaking to the Scottish government, there are reports that Scottish nurses are calling off action there.Health Secretary Steve Barclay.
"So far, however, ministers, including in the House of Commons this afternoon, have stuck by the line that that’s not their business – salary talks are down to the independent pay review bodies and nobody else.
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