Twice the number of nurses could be asked to walkout in early February if progress isn't made in negotiations soon, union leaders have warned.
"Rishi Sunak's intransigence is baffling, reckless and politically ill-considered.NHS Doctors and supporters join nurses outside University College London Hospital on the 20th of December 2022 in London, United Kingdom."Without, they will keep leaving in record numbers with consequences for patients that Robert Francis documented in painful detail.Nursing staff from over 70 NHS trusts in England are set to stage industrial action on Wednesday and Thursday.
Nurses and supporters striking on a picket line outside Great Ormond Street Hospital for children on the 20th of December 2022 in London, United Kingdom.The next walkout is likely to be on February 6, the RCN has said, to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Robert Francis inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust and the impact of nursing staff shortages on patient mortality.
Mr Francis and Patient Association CEO Rachel Power, described the current stress on the NHS and excess death levels as "Mid Staffs playing out on a national level, if not worse" in a letter to Health Secretary Steve Barclay last week. Nurses and supporters striking on a picket line outside St Thomas Hospital on the 20th of December 2022 in London, United Kingdom.Nurses in Wales are also expected to walk off the job in February after a month without strikes.
The RCN isn't planning in Northern Ireland, where there is no executive in place, or in Scotland, where action is still on hold as talks continue.
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