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The NHS is bracing for nurses all over England to take part in strike action from 8pm tonight to midnight on the bank holiday.

Surgeons are only carrying out one operation a fortnight, the UK's head surgeon has claimed.

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) officials had scheduled a 48-hour strike in England from 8pm on April 30 to 8pm on May 2 in an escalation of its ongoing pay row with ministers .

The world-renowned children's hospital has "serious" concerns over this weekend's nurses' strike.

Two trusts and one children’s hospital to receive emergency nursing staff after RCN had said there would be no derogations

Leader of the Royal College of Nursing, Pat Cullen, shared that Great Ormond Street Hospital was granted mitigations on Friday ahead of the 48-hour bank holiday strike.

Great Ormond Street Hospital said it has “serious concerns” over whether it can be safely staffed during the planned nurses strike over the bank holiday weekend.

The world-renowned children's hospital has "serious" concerns over this weekend's nurses' strike.

Great Ormond Street has declared an incident over "serious concerns" about how it will safely staff the children's hospital with nurses going on strike.

Sadiq Khan said tackling air pollution in the capital has been a priority for him since he was first elected in 2016.