Nurses at a picket line in Nottingham this morning There'll be more walkouts in January if no negotiations, a union's said Live updates here:
Thousands of nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are staging a second day of strike action over pay
Staff will provide "life preserving" and some urgent care, but routine services are likely to be disruptedThe Royal College of Nursing wants a 19% pay rise and says below-inflation increases are compromising care by making it hard to attract and retain nurses The first day of action by nurses took place on 15 December but the RCN and government remain at loggerheads
Health minister Will Quince says he won't open pay negotiations because the government has already accepted the recommendations of an independent pay review RCN general secretary Pat Cullen says nurses will have "no option" but to strike again in January unless the government changes its approachLive Reporting
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