Nurses will walk-out from Sunday evening until Tuesday morning
Hospitals are bracing themselves for “exceptionally low” staff numbers in some regions as nurses go on strike, NHS England has warned, as it said appointment cancellations due to industrial action are likely to hit half a million.
It said emergency and urgent care would remain the priority, with people asked to use other services such as pharmacies and 111 where possible. Nurses make up a quarter of NHS staff and are the biggest proportion of the health service workforce. NHS England said the health service and RCN “are seeking to agree mitigations on an organisation by organisation basis if there is a critical risk to patient safety”.
“Although the strike will be a day shorter than originally planned, disruption is still expected and so, we hope that RCN representatives at local levels will allow their members to cross the picket line in the event of emergencies where life is at immediate risk.” The NHS’s deputy chief nurse, Charlotte McArdle, said “there is likely to be significant impact upon local services over the bank holiday weekend”.
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