Nurses announce next strike and warn staff cover will be cut to ‘absolute minimum’

NURSES will strike once more in two weeks and stroll out of A&Es, intensive care and most cancers items for the primary time.

Walkouts will hit for 48 straight hours over three days at much more hospitals, leaving solely “absolute minimal” NHS staffing.

Greater than double the variety of NHS organisations will participate within the subsequent strike in comparison with the primary one (Pictured: Strikers in London in February)Credit score: Alamy

Medics at 120 NHS trusts will participate from Wednesday March 1 to Friday March 3 – up from 77 organisations in February and 44 in December.

Pat Cullen, common secretary on the Royal School of Nursing, mentioned: “These strikes will run for longer and contain extra folks, leaving no space of the NHS unaffected. 

“By refusing to barter with nurses, the Prime Minister is pushing much more folks into the strike. He should take heed to NHS leaders and never let this go forward.

“I'll do no matter I can to make sure affected person security is protected.”

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Upping strain on ministers, the union has binned talks to maintain providers operating and mentioned there can be no exemptions this time.

It means employees can abandon casualty, intensive care, most cancers remedy and kids’s hospitals.

Round 140,000 appointments and operations have already been cancelled attributable to strikes.

Hospital bosses say they're “deeply involved” that 1000's extra sufferers will undergo.

Sir Julian Hartley, chief of NHS Suppliers mentioned: “A steady 48-hour strike with no exceptions can be an enormous blow.

“With no decision, this ongoing dispute might result in severe, long-term harm to the NHS.”

The following NHS strike can be tomorrow involving ambulance crews within the West Midlands, adopted by Unite and GMB members at eight out of 11 providers on Monday.

Ministers and union chiefs are nonetheless at loggerheads over pay because the Authorities says it can not afford employees’s calls for.

Well being Secretary Steve Barclay mentioned: “Failure to offer cowl throughout strike motion for key providers like most cancers care is a big escalation that may threat affected person security.

“We're working intently with NHS England on contingency plans, however this motion will inevitably trigger additional disruption for sufferers.

“I’ve had a sequence of discussions with unions, together with the RCN, about what's truthful and reasonably priced for the approaching yr, in addition to wider issues round circumstances and workload.”