0ur lead at the rcn, royal college of nursing, has said we will not be putting patients at risk. but during this crisis, during this nursing crisis, if we reduce the staffing levels any further, the only outcome can be patient safety. so this is the reason i voted no. as an a&e nurse, rachel knows she might have to work even if her trust strikes, because some areas like emergency and urgent care are protected to make sure there s enough staff to keep patients safe. i voted for strike knowing that i very well may not be able to strike, but i voted for strike for my colleagues so that their voices can be heard and that our conditions as a collective workforce will change. it s notjust nurses like rachel. other health workers are also voting on strikes this winter. catherine burns, bbc news.
for the royal college of nursing. and there are plenty of big questions to ask, like, when will this happen? probably this side of christmas. and will it be one day of action or spread out over several weeks? right now, we just don t know. a vote to strike doesn t mean every nurse will automatically take part. it s better to think of this as a series of mini ballots across local services. it s possible trusts in some parts of the country won t have enough votes for action. the government says it values nurses and has given more than a million nhs staff a pay rise of at least £1,a00 this year, as well as a 3% increase last year. it s urging them to carefully consider the potential impact on patients, which worries some nurses like ian. he spoke to the bbc earlier this week. our lead at the rcn, royal college of nursing, has said we will not be putting patients at risk. but during this crisis, during this nursing crisis, if we reduce the staffing levels any
to pre planned appointments. some might have to be cancelled. ian in cornwall is concerned that strikes would be unsafe. how did you vote in the ballot, and why did you vote that way? i voted no. i decided no, because i felt we were going to put patients at risk. i know our leader at the rcn, royal college of nursing, have said we will not be putting patients at risk. but during this crisis, during this nursing crisis, if we reduce the staffing levels any further, the only outcome could be patient safety. so this is the reason that i voted no. the welsh government, and the uk government who are responsible for health care in england, say they ve met the recommendations given by the independent nhs pay review body. in scotland, the scottish government says that its pay offer means its staff will be the best paid in the uk. meanwhile, in northern ireland, no formal pay offer has yet been made. any strike action would cause
on an agreed date those nurses would stop working. they would still be safe staffing levels in emergency care and urgent services, similar to the number of staff there would be on christmas day. they could be disruption to preplanned appointments and some might have to be cancelled. ian in cornwall is concerned strikes would be unsafe. the rcn said they would not be putting patients at risk, but during this nursing crisis, if we reduce staffing levels any further, the only outcome would be patient safety and this is the reason i voted no. the welsh government and uk government who are responsible for health care in england say they have met the recommendations given by the independent nhs pay review body. in scotland, the scottish government says it they offer means its staff will be the best paid in the uk. meanwhile, in northern ireland, no formal pay offer has yet been made.
but during this nursing crisis, the water in 2024 or 2025, it would if we reduce staffing levels any further, the only outcome would be have been the successor to what you patient safety and this are seeing now, the royal yacht is the reason i voted no. britannia, it would have toured the world as a floating embassy, that was the dream of borisjohnson, and the welsh government and uk government who are responsible he said it would have symbolised for health care in england say they have met the recommendations britain going forward in the wake of given by the independent the brexit decision in the nhs pay review body. in scotland, the scottish government says it they offer means its staff referendum in 2016. but it is not will be the best paid in the uk. going to happen now, that has been scrapped. this is bbc news. meanwhile, in northern ireland, no formal pay offer has yet been made. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky has said russia any strike action is preparing its forces woul