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Tens of thousands of nurses are to participate in the first national walkout of the NHS.

The strike over a bitter pay dispute is the biggest ever by nurses, involving around a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England, all trusts in Northern Ireland and nearly all in Wales.

Key questions answered as nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland stage first national strikes

Dame Ruth May, Britains most senior nurse, joined strikers at a London hospital, as she urged ministers seek an urgent resolution with the union orchestrating the action.

Among those supporting a mass walk out were 999 call staff, ambulance technicians and paramedics servicing the North East, North West, South West, Yorkshire and London.

Steve Barclay has claimed strikes are in nobodys best interests as ambulance staff are set to stage their first walk-outs for 30 years. He slammed the strikes ahead of a challenging winter.

More than 10,000 ambulance workers have voted to strike, GMB have announced, including paramedics, emergency care assistants and call handlers.

The Royal College of Nursing has confirmed the locations of strikes that will take place across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the run-up to C...

The Royal College of Nursing today revealed its members will only strike at half of the sites in England that have secured a mandate for industrial action.