What if you need to go to A&E or have a planned hospital appointment? We provide the answers as up to 100,000 nurses take action in their continuing dispute with the government.
Anyone needing urgent care should use NHS111 online or dial 111 to be assessed, the NHS says.
Even if the hospital trust is affected by strikes, people should attend appointments unless instructed otherwise. There is expected to be widespread disruption to planned care, such as non-emergency operations and outpatient appointments. Up to 100,000 nurses are estimated to be joining the strike action, which will last for 12 hours on each day.Dame Ruth May, chief nursing officer for England, and her counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, have written to the RCN general secretary Pat Cullen regarding a series of concerns about safety.
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