British nurses are preparing for a massive strike.
British nurses are preparing for a massive strike
More than 100,000 nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are holding their biggest and smallest ever strike next month.
According to Tasnim International News Agency, the Union of the Royal College of Nursing announced that more than 100,000 nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will hold their largest and smallest strike next month.
The Royal College of Nursing recently announced that nurses will go on strike from December 15 to 20 for the first time in the college’s 100-year history after the government rejected a request to increase their salaries by 5 percent above inflation.
The college, which employs more than 465,000 nurses, midwives, health assistants and nursing students, announced yesterday that NHS services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be affected by a massive strike by 100,000 nurses.
The Royal College clarified that the Scottish authorities are negotiating with the nurses’ union on their own, with a different proposal on nurses’ pay and benefits, and will not participate in the strike, but stressed that more strikes are on the way if the talks do not work out. .
The British National Health Service has been providing free healthcare to the people of this country since 1948, but it is currently facing many challenges. For example, about 7 million people are currently on the waiting list for treatment in hospitals. Accident and emergency departments are also in the same situation.
Meanwhile, the British government is considering using the country’s armed forces to deal with possible strikes by medical staff in the coming winter. According to this emergency decision of the government, the armed forces staff can work as ambulance drivers or even as army paramedics in the hospital in the event of a possible strike by medical staff and hospital staff in the coming months.
Last week, the Royal College of Nursing nurses’ union voted to hold widespread strikes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in protest at poor working conditions and low pay.
At the same time, thousands of midwives, physiotherapists and young and newly hired doctors are also planning to participate in nationwide strikes.
