This is the picket line at City Hospital in Nottingham Find out if the nurses strike will affect services near you here: 📷 Rachel Humphreys
Under trade union laws, the RCN has to ensure life-preserving care continues during the 12-hour strike.
The NHS has said it is "vital" people continue to come forward for emergency care during the strikes and anyone not contacted to reschedule an appointment should attend as planned.Lyndsay Thompson, nurse anaesthetist In England, the first round of strikes will go ahead in 44 of 209 hospitals, mental-health trusts and community services.
Other services, such as some cancer treatments, mental health services or urgent testing, may be partially staffed The RCN wants a larger rise, of 5% above the RPI inflation rate, which currently stands at 14%, saying its members have received years of below-inflation pay increases. The body, made up mainly of economists and human-resources professionals, had been asked to base that recommendation on a range of factors, including:Welsh ministers said they were unable to enter pay talks without extra funding from the UK government.
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