Nurses say they've 'been forced into the situation'
Nurses taking part in the biggest walkout in NHS history say staff moral is 'really low' as they recalled how an 85-year-old woman waited 52 hours for a bed. It came as nurses returned to the picket line on Tuesday in a second day of strikes over pay.
These are Nottingham University Hospitals , NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Union the Royal College of Nursing is calling on the Government to give nurses a pay increase of 19.2% - 5% above the rate of retail price inflation. But the Government says that the money would have to come out of the budget for frontline NHS care, making it harder to clear its Covid-related backlog.
"The staff are absolutely run ragged, it is absolutely non stop for them in ED. It isn’t a decision any of us took lightly, we don’t want to do this but we’ve been forced into the situation.” On Monday, officials at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - which runs the Queen's Medical Centre and the City Hospital - declared their third critical incident in just six months. It means some operations and outpatient appointments may be postponed to “prioritise patients with the most urgent clinical need”.
“Many of them can’t even afford to come to work anymore. The impact on patient safety is terrible. The stories are heartbreaking. Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay said: “The RCN’s demands are unaffordable during these challenging times and would take money away from frontline services while they are still recovering from the impact of the pandemic. I’m open to engaging with the unions on how to make the NHS a better place to work.”
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