in wales, six out of seven health of the boards there are seeing industrial action. while all of northern ireland s health trusts are affected by the strike. but in scotland, no nurses are striking today after two unions voted to accept an improved pay offer ballots for other union members are under way. we will be live with correspondence on the picket line in belfast, cardiff and london. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns, has this report. yay! lindsey thompson s been here before. she was on the picket line with other nurses in northern ireland three years ago and is walking out today, too. i am absolutely gutted, gutted that we re in this situation again. so it s a second time on strike for lindsay and others from the royal college of nursing in northern ireland, but a first for england and wales. nurses in scotland are about to vote on a new salary offer. the main reason is pay. starting salaries for nurses in england arejust over £27,000. they can go up to almost £55,00
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with the nurses and the cost of living is absolutely going up for everybody at the moment. but similarly, front line medical services is something you need 100% of the time. they re saving lives, - and i think they deserve what they re fighting for. so i have a level of understanding, although i do have a lot of compassion for thel patient safety as well. extra hours, the unpaid hours, the leaving late. it has made the job a lot harder. rachel told the bbc last month that she was backing the strike, but not every hospital got enough votes to do it, including hers. i feel sort of conflicted about it, but i know that my colleagues are 100% backing those that can go out on strike. we are with you in solidarity. the royal college of nursing says some areas of medicine won t be affected at all by the strike. so chemotherapy and dialysis should continue as normal. so, too, should intensive care units for adults and children and paediatric emergency departments. adult a&es will be staffed