Breakaway talks with the Royal College of Nursing prompted outrage from other health unions, who accused ministers of a 'divide and rule' strategy
there could be “no pick and mix solution” to the NHS strikes as her union announced fresh strike action for next month.
The offer to the RCN from Downing Street, rather than via the Department of Health and Social Care, “ruffled feathers” because it went against the normal protocols of involving several unions representing NHS workers.Mr Sunak made the offer to Ms Cullen following her union’s announcement last week that tens of thousands of nurses would strike for two days at the start of March, and for the first time the walkout would involve intensive care, emergency and cancer nurses.
“We do complicated derogations to keep the public safe and get nothing – and in fact get smeared by ministers over it,” a source on another health union said.
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