The deadlock between the UK governments and unions continues on Thursday as thousands of nurses in England are striking for a second day.
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) from 55 NHS trusts in England are taking a two-day action after up to 100,000 RCN members from other NHS trusts across the UK walked out in December over pay disputes.
Meanwhile, more than 1,000 Unite members in the Welsh Ambulance Service are staging a strike on Thursday and the following Monday.
In England, RCN previously demanded the Conservative government reopen the pay deal for the year 2022/2023 and offer a pay rise that’s 5 percent above inflation, which ministers said was the equivalent of 19 percent. The union later said it would accept a 10 percent pay offer, but Health Secretary Barclay said on Wednesday that the figure is still not affordable….