RCN chief calls for restart in pay negotiations as nurses threaten to strike 'until Christmas'

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RCN chief calls for restart in pay negotiations as nurses threaten to strike 'until Christmas'
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The head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has pressed the Health Secretary to restart pay negotiations as a ballot proceeds for a further six months of walkouts Nurses will begin voting in a new ballot for strike action on 23 May

has pressed the Health Secretary to restart pay negotiations as a ballot proceeds for a further six months of walkouts.

“It’s just not right for the profession. It’s not right for patients. But whose responsibility is it to resolve it? It is this government.” In order to secure a further strike mandate, 50 per cent of eligible members must vote for another walkout.

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