hugh pym, reports. for many nurses, it is a call for action on boosting workforce numbers and better pat’- jodie, who s an rcn branch rep, voted for the strike. she said she had to give up her pension contributions. i couldn t afford to contribute to it any more at the moment, because it was a choice between either doing that or being in debt every month and getting to the bottom of two overd rafts. but ian, who s a nurse in cornwall, voted against strike action. i will not walk out. i will offer to work in any department to cover any loss of nurses in that area. i believe it s my duty as my registration as a nurse. the union s general secretary says urgent care will won t be affected, though walk outs will lead to postponements of planned treatment. if there are walk outs, wouldn t that make backlogs long waits for operations and treatment and so on even worse? well, those backlogs are there because of the vacancies in our profession. those patients are sitting on waiting lists