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Biggest nurse strikes in history begin

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Cancer nurses have gone on strike for the first time as part of a 28-hour walkout by frontline NHS staff that bosses warn will leave hospital staff levels 'exceptionally low'.

The strike by thousands of members of the Royal College of Nursing began at 8pm on Sunday night and will end at midnight on Monday.

Meanwhile the NHS Staff Council of health unions, employers and Government representatives will discuss the Government’s 5% pay offer on Monday.Ms Cullen told Sky News on Sunday: “There are national exemptions in place for a range of services, for emergency departments, for intensive care units, for neonatal units, paediatric intensive care units, those really acute urgent services.

 

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