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Nurses on strike
大象传媒 Health Reporter, Laura Foster, explores the UK's biggest ever nurses' walkout.
Nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are taking a stand on pay progression and patient safety. It鈥檚 the biggest ever strike by the Royal College of Nursing. The union says members have had enough of being taken for granted, of unsafe staffing levels and of not being able to give patients 鈥渢he care they deserve鈥. But the government says their pay demands aren鈥檛 affordable. So what is it exactly that they want? And how did it come to this? The 大象传媒鈥檚 Health Reporter, Laura Foster, answers 5 Questions On... The UK鈥檚 biggest ever nurses鈥 strike.
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