Nurses at hospitals in Shropshire will be among hundreds of thousands balloted over strike action.
The Royal College of Nursing is today balloting members on strike action
It is understood that around 1,000 Shropshire nurses will be involved in the ballot, which closes on November 2. Nurses' real-terms earnings have fallen by six per cent compared with 3.2 per cent for private sector employees, it was found. “Ministers have refused to give NHS workers the pay rise they need and deserve despite employers sounding the alarm that more and more of their staff are leaving for better-paid jobs in shops, pubs and restaurants.
The RCN said new polling carried out by YouGov showed support from two-thirds of the public for nurses taking strike action, while three-quarters of respondents said there are too few nurses to provide safe care in the NHS.Earlier this year, the Government gave most NHS workers a £1,400 pay rise, well below what unions were calling for.
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