Posted on 01/18/2023 12:59:01 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
LONDON — Thousands of nurses in Britain walked out Wednesday in a new protest over pay, with no end in sight to a wave of strikes that has piled pressure on the UK’s overburdened public health system.
Two 12-hour nursing strikes on Wednesday and Thursday affect about a quarter of hospitals and clinics in England. Emergency care and cancer treatment will continue, but thousands of appointments and procedures are likely to be postponed.
With more walkouts by nurses planned for next month — and ambulance workers announcing a new slate of February strikes — the Conservative government is under growing pressure to lift its opposition to substantial raises for health care staff.
“It’s a job that I love, but I need to pay my bills,” said intensive care nurse Nav Singh, on a picket line in London. “Nursing students don’t want to be nurses, experienced nurses are leaving, there will be no-one left and I don’t blame them, but I can’t imagine doing anything else.”
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Marxist influence still lives among Brits who are perpetually into victimhood.
Gee, if you want competitive pay, maybe you should work in an industry in the private sector?
You work the NHS. You are getting nothing
They should make a Tiktoc video about this.
Everyone loved the Civic ones. /s
Covid
The NHS is the UK’s largest employer, public or private.
It employs over a million people.
I wonder what percentage of them actually see patients...
The “immigrants” will ALWAYS get care ahead of a native and this strike won’t touch them..
There is also going to be a general strike across the UK. That will include public transport, etc.
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