The first nurses’ strike in NHS history is happening today because the Conservatives refused an offer from the nurses to cancel it so talks could go ahead. This avoidable strike was made in Downing Street pic.twitter.com/3rZpdsENk3
— Steve Reed (@SteveReedMP) December 15, 2022
'The NHS would save millions if it stripped out woke nonsense…when people go to a hospital, they don't want a political lecture, they want treatment.'@MrMarkDolan shares his thoughts on NHS nurses holding the biggest strike in history. pic.twitter.com/I2wCJDRJvS
— GB News (@GBNEWS) December 15, 2022
Did I just hear on the radio that Steve Barclay says there's room for discussion on nurses pay?!
I wonder what could have been the catalyst for that statement….pic.twitter.com/8BtQx5Ag5M#NursesStrike #FairPayforNursing
— Siobhan (@NHSActivistRN) December 15, 2022
Nurses are a bunch of psychopathic murderers anyway.
Who cares what they do?
RT:
More than 100,000 nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland walked off the job on Thursday in the largest strike in the 106-year history of their union, the Royal College of Nursing.
According to Sky News, about a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England, all trusts in Northern Ireland, and all but one health board in Wales are taking part in the industrial action, which is scheduled to continue on Tuesday.
British nurses have reached a “crisis point,” leaving them no choice but to strike, RCN committee chair Denise Kelly told Sky. Citing “years of real-terms pay cuts,” a multi-year public-sector pay freeze, and the runaway cost of living, the nurses are demanding a 19% pay rise – the inflation rate plus five points.
The government has offered a pay increase of just 4.5% for most nurses, with those at the lower end of the pay scale receiving up to 9%. A spokesman for PM Rishi Sunak called the offer “fair and reasonable” on Thursday, pointing out that nurses had gotten a 3% bump last year.
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Despite growing pressure from the public and even from within the Conservative Party, however, 10 Downing Street has insisted there are “no plans” to reconsider nurses’ pay packages. Health Secretary Maria Caulfield has argued that every 1% extra in pay increase would cost the public £700 million ($853.25 million), and trying to match inflation would just make the problem worse.
The country would probably be much healthier if there were no doctors or nurses.
MY GOD! The Governments Health Minister just told @BBCBreakfast viewers a real terms pay rise for nurses “would add about £1,000 to every household in this country”
It’s complete & utter boll****!!! pic.twitter.com/PpIDTo1E6S
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) December 15, 2022
The government has two options:
1⃣ Sit at the negotiating table with nurses
2⃣ Let the NHS deteriorate even further@pathwithanr on Sky News. pic.twitter.com/lze9Ba9x9l— IPPR (@IPPR) December 16, 2022