Picket lines are expected outside hospitals, including those in mid Wales.
Nurses in Wales will join those around the UK by going on strike for the first time, with the move expected to have a “significant impact” on services.Members of the union have voted in their thousands to take industrial action over low pay, understaffing and patient safety concerns.
Picket lines in South Wales will be in force in Glangwili General Hospital, Prince Philip Hospital, Withybush General Hospital, Bronglais General Hospital, Morriston Hospital, Singleton Hospital, Neath Port Talbot Hospital, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Princess of Wales Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital, Velindre Cancer Centre, Welsh Blood Services in Pontyclun and Wrexham, University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough.
Patients affected should be contacted by their health boards with the aim of rescheduling new appointments as soon as possible. Other NHS services are likely to resemble staffing levels observed on public holidays including Christmas Day. The number of staff working will be the minimum required for safety. Some ward areas will operate a night shift pattern.
Welsh health boards are not allowed to use agency workers to cover striking staff, unless those agency staff were already due to work prior to industrial action being announced. “And throughout the 12 hours the strike committees, made up of NHS trust and RCN members, will continue to meet, talk and monitor the situation and make slight tweaks and changes as they need to.
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