The NHS is braced for its biggest strike in recent history on Monday with nurses, ambulance workers and paramedics across England and Wales set to walk out, as the blame game between ministers and unions escalates.
Tens of thousands of nurses backed by the Royal College of Nursing are expected to take part in industrial action across 73 NHS trusts. Nearly 12,000 ambulance workers affiliated with either the GMB or Unite unions will also walk out.
Health unions are calling on the government to re-examine pay recommendations made by the independent pay review body for the current financial year of 2022-23. This saw more than 1mn staff granted a £1,400 pay rise.
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