Tens of thousands of nurses across England walked out of hospitals on Wednesday, on strike over low pay that they say leaves them struggling to cover their bills and extreme stress at work that has pushed many to the edge.
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“This job is slowly killing nurses,” said David Hendy, a 34-year old nurse joining around 100 others on the picket line outside University College London Hospital. The government has so far resisted pressure to meet nurses’ demands for a discussion about pay, insisting it will not revisit the 4%–5% it awarded in 2022/23 on the recommendation of a pay review body, and will only discuss the pay review process for 2023/24.
Others on the picket line echoed Mr. Hendy’s concerns, stressing that the dispute was about more than just pay.
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