Nurse strikes end as union fails to reach threshold for action in latest ballot
The dispute has come to an end after a ballot on more industrial action did not achieve a mandate.
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The dispute has come to an end after a ballot on more industrial action did not achieve a mandate.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has failed to secure a new mandate for further NHS nurse strikes in England after its ballot did not receive the level of turnout required.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the turnout for its latest ballot was 43.4% - well below the 50% limit for industrial action to be legal, but 84% of those who did vote supported strikes
Royal College of Nursing announces that only 43% took part in the ballot - below the legal threshold of 50% required by the 2016 Trade Union Act
Nurse strikes in England are set to end as the Royal College of Nursing has not received enough votes for strike action in its latest ballot.