Thousands of nurses in Britain walked out Wednesday in a new protest over pay, with no end in sight to a wave of strikes that has piled pressure on the U.K.'s overburdened public health system.
— Thousands of nurses in Britain walked out Wednesday in a new protest over pay, with no end in sight to athat has piled pressure on the U.K.'s overburdened public health system. Two 12-hour strikes on Wednesday and Thursday affect about a quarter of hospitals and clinics in England. Emergency care and cancer treatment will continue, but thousands of appointments and procedures are likely to be postponed.
Nurses hold banners and placards as they picket during a strike over pay, outside the University College Hospital in London, January 18, 2023.The nurses' union has been seeking a pay raise of 5% above inflation, though it has said it will accept a lower offer. The Conservative government argues that double-digit public sector pay increases will drive inflation even higher.
"Unaffordable pay hikes will mean cutting patient care and stoking the inflation that would make us all poorer," Health Secretary Steve Barclay wrote in the Independent newspaper.The government also has angered unions by introducing a bill that will make it harder for key workers to strike by setting"minimum safety levels" for firefighters, ambulance services and railways that must be maintained during a walkout.
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