Nurses could lock Britain in strike chaos until CHRISTMAS with regular walk outs over pay, chief warns

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Royal College of Nursing (RCN) chief executive Pat Cullen (centre right) joins members of the RCN on the picket line outside the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, as nurses take industrial action over pay. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY Strikes. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

NURSES could lock Britain in strike chaos all the way until Christmas, their union chief has warned.

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) General Secretary Pat Cullen said that her members will not stop striking until a pay settlement is reached with the Government.

RCN boss Pat Cullen (centre-right) said that strikes could continue until Christmas

Ms Cullen told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: “We have strike action for the end of this month and the beginning of May. Then we will move immediately to ballot our members.

“If that ballot is successful it will mean further strike action right up until Christmas.”

Nurses are set to stage another round of strikes after the RCN staged the first walk out in its history at the end of last year.

The dispute rages on after union members rejected their leadership’s advice to accept a government pay offer of a 5% rise this year with a one-off cash payment in addition to last year’s pay settlement.

Ms Cullen added: “Our members took historic action – the first time in 106 years. For them, this pay deal was not historic.

“In fact they have said very loud and clear the one-off bonus was probably a bribe in their eyes.

“It is not going to fix the problems in the NHS which is the fundamental issue nurses went on strike for.”

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