Nurses say strike is gut-wrenching decision but necessary

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About 17,000 nurses at almost all health boards in Wales are striking on Thursday over pay.

'Relying more and more on bank staff'

Mr Evans described it as "gut-wrenching", but said "far more nurses than ever" had turned to agency work on top of their regular shifts "because of financial constraints"."It's about getting the numbers back into the healthcare system, taking the pressure off the staff and letting us do what we were trained to do," Mr Evans explained.

"It's utterly unprecedented but I am massively for strikes and unions so I fully support them because if the working conditions aren't right for them, then that's the only thing they can do."Melvin Williams said: "I think they need to be paid more. The head of the NHS in Wales, Judith Paget, said the biggest impact of the strike would be seen on routine care.

 

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Fire them all,let there be no nurses in the UK, people can treat themselves well nowadays.

If the nurses go on strike, will that increase fatality rates from Covid? Will that, in turn, hasten the end of Covid?

Saving the taxpayer millions in NHS wages and leaving yourselves with less to spend in January. Smart move 🙄

Maybe if we all clap?

Blood on your hands if u kill any patients

Worth the 4 mins it takes to watch, Johnathan Pie sums up the truth behind the strikes, this does need more air time!

Every day you strike you don't get paid, so one of the problems you're striking about is getting worse, there must be a better way

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