on the same day as nurses in england and wales. tens of thosuands of nurses in england are already on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of hospitals and community health services. thousands of nurses will also strike tomorrow across england and on the sixth and seventh february in wales as well as england. today ambulance workers added to the nhs crisis as they announced four more dates in england and wales the sixth and 20th of february and the sixth and 20th of march. the royal college of nursing says it s willing to compromise, the health secretary, steve barclay, says pay rises would take money away from patient care. the head of one of london s largest hospitals says the dispute is hugely disruptive and needs to be resolved swiftly. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports from university college hospital on the impact of the strikes. claps don t pay the bills! outside the hospital, the noise from striking nurses and protesters.
chanting outside the hospital, the noise from striking nurses and protesters. claps don t pay the bills! inside, the operating theatres are silent. no planned operations are going ahead. there is no one in the recovery room. today we would have had two days worth of operations planned in these theatres, our newest set of theatres, and we have nothing planned at all in terms of surgical activity today or tomorrow. and what normally happens here, what level of activity? normally we d be busy with orthopaedic or ear, nose and throat surgery. it s one of our busiest surgical hubs in the whole of the uch campus. but not today. university college hospital london gave us access to see how
from university college hospital on the impact of the strikes. chanting outside the hospital, the noise from striking nurses and protesters. claps don t pay the bills! inside, the operating theatres are silent. no planned operations are going ahead. there is no one in the recovery room. today we would have had two days worth of operations planned in these theatres, our newest set of theatres, and we have nothing planned at all in terms of surgical activity today or tomorrow. and what normally happens here, what level of activity? normally we d be busy with orthopaedic or ear, nose and throat surgery. it s one of our busiest surgical hubs in the whole of the uch campus. but not today. university college hospital london
at six tens of thousands of nurses go on strike again in their biggest day of action so far in england. they chant: claps don t pay the bills, claps don t pay the bills! strike action will intensify next month. ambulance workers will now walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales, piling huge pressure on hospital bosses. my message, and that of many chief executives around the country, is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action, and the disruption caused to patients and to our staff. also on the programme tonight. another slight fall in inflation but food prices continue to soar. a
tens of thousands of nurses in england have been on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of hospitals and community health services. thousands of nurses will also strike tomorrow across england and on the 6th and 7th february in wales as well. emergency care is still being provided. today ambulance workers added to the nhs crisis as they announced four more dates in england and wales the 6th and 20th of february and the 6th and 20th of march. the royal college of nursing says it s willing to compromise the health secretary, steve barclay, says pay rises would take money away from patient care. our health editor, hugh pym, reports from university college hospital on the impact of the strikes. claps don t pay the bills, claps don t pay the bills! outside the hospital, the noise from striking nurses and protesters. claps don t pay the bills, claps don t pay the bills! inside, the operating