The union behind the nurses’ strike is willing to meet the Government ‘halfway’ and accept a 10 per cent pay offer, its leader has suggested.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which coordinated two days of strike action in England in December and is plotting two more walkouts this month, originally called for a 19 per cent rise.
Ministers labelled the figure ‘unaffordable’ and warned it would cost around £10billion a year, or six per cent, of the NHS total
One million NHS nurses are set to walk out before Christmas in a decision has sparked a huge divide in Britain.
176 NHS organisations voted for strikes but even nurses themselves can’t decide if the devastating NHS-wide strikes should go ahead this winter.
Some medics employed by the health service have called the planned strikes, set to begin before Christmas and rumble on for up to six months, ‘irresponsible’ saying it will impact patient safety.
Tories have also called it
