NHS nurses strike paused as union enters 'intensive talks' with ministers over pay

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The Royal College of Nursing will pause planned industrial action as it enters 'intensive' negotiations with ministers over pay.

The Royal College of Nursing will pause planned industrial action as it enters "intensive" negotiations with ministers over pay.

It comes after months of walkouts and repeated calls from nursing union leaders for ministers to open discussions over NHS staff salaries. Nurses hold up placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration outside St Thomas' Hospital, February 7, 2023."The talks will focus on pay, terms and conditions, and productivity enhancing reforms.

It would mean that for the first time, A&E, intensive care units and cancer care could see staff take part in the walkouts. Planned strike action will be put on hold during the RCN's negotiations with Health Secretary Steve Barclay .Chairman of council, Banfield added that Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Steve Barclay were "standing on the precipice of an historic mistake".

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