'We suffer in the wards'
Nurses across Nottinghamshire have been taking part in an historic day of strikes in a dispute over pay and working conditions. NHS workers braved sub-zero temperatures as they flocked to picket lines across the city, including at Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital in Nottingham, from 7am today .
Ms Johns, of West Bridgford, said she was living "penny by penny" and was in her overdraft every month. She added: "Sometimes you feel it's not worth it. We want to look after people. When you go home you think about what you did and whether you have done enough and what you could have done differently."
Public support for the striking members appeared strong, with motorists, including bus and ambulance drivers, regularly honking their horns as they passed QMC and City Hospital. Stephen Jeffrey, a pensioner who was catching the bus near QMC, said he was with strikers all the way. Speaking to Nottinghamshire Live at the picket line at QMC, RCN regional organiser Sarah Leigh Barnett said enough was enough. "This has been 10-plus years of below inflation pay. We can't attract at the bottom, we can't retain and we've got an aging workforce," she said.
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