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Nurses will go on strike again on 18 and 19 January in England unless pay talks are opened, the Royal College of Nursing says. Nurses will go on strike again on 18 and 19 January in England unless pay talks are opened, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) says.
Nurses at more hospital trusts than before will be involved in the strike action in the new year, the union said.Nurses at more hospital trusts than before will be involved in the strike action in the new year, the union said.
Two days of strikes were held in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on 15 and 20 December, involving more than 21,000 nursing staff. Meanwhile, the GMB union has called off a second day of ambulance strikes planned in England and Wales for 28 December.
Pat Cullen, head of the RCN, said the union had been left "with no choice". But it announced a new co-ordinated walkout on 11 January.
"The government had the opportunity to end this dispute before Christmas but instead they have chosen to push nursing staff out into the cold again in January," nursing union head Ms Cullen said. Two days of nurses strikes were held in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on 15 and 20 December, involving more than 21,000 nursing staff.
Pat Cullen, head of the RCN, said the union had been left "with no choice" but to arrange January strikes.
"The government had the opportunity to end this dispute before Christmas but instead they have chosen to push nursing staff out into the cold again in January," Ms Cullen said.
"The public support has been heart-warming and I am more convinced than ever that this is the right thing to do for patients and the future of the NHS.""The public support has been heart-warming and I am more convinced than ever that this is the right thing to do for patients and the future of the NHS."
Meanwhile, the GMB union has called off a second day of ambulance strikes planned in England and Wales for next week, and announced a new co-ordinated walkout on 11 January. Pat Cullen, the 'tenacious' union boss leading nurses
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Up to 10,000 ambulance members were expected to walk out on Wednesday 28 December.
The union said it was scrapping the action next week so that "the public will be able to enjoy Christmas without additional anxiety".
The additional day of strike action on 11 January means GMB workers will again be striking on the same day as ambulance workers represented by Unison.
Unison said yesterday it planned two more days of strikes on 11 and 23 January in London, Yorkshire, the North West, North East and South West.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay previously said he was "disappointed" by the decision to take further strike action and meeting pay demands would mean money being taken away from frontline services, causing delays to patients' treatment.
But unions say they want the government to come to the table and negotiate pay in order to help retain staff and improve patient care.