{"id":527400,"date":"2022-12-15T12:38:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T09:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/british-nurses-strike-stretching-hospitals-thin\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T12:38:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T09:38:47","slug":"british-nurses-strike-stretching-hospitals-thin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/british-nurses-strike-stretching-hospitals-thin\/","title":{"rendered":"#British nurses strike stretching hospitals thin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2325e5ce408\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2325e5ce408\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/british-nurses-strike-stretching-hospitals-thin\/#%E2%80%9CBritish_nurses_strike_stretching_hospitals_thin%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;British nurses strike stretching hospitals thin&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/british-nurses-strike-stretching-hospitals-thin\/#MORE_STRIKES_AHEAD\" >MORE STRIKES AHEAD?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBritish_nurses_strike_stretching_hospitals_thin%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;British nurses strike stretching hospitals thin&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>National Health Service nurses in Britain staged a strike on Thursday, their first ever national walkout, as a bitter dispute with the government over pay ramps up pressure on already-stretched hospitals at one of the busiest times of year.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 100,000 nurses will strike at 76 hospitals and health centers, canceling an estimated 70,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointments, procedures and surgeries in Britain\u2019s state-funded NHS.<\/p>\n<p>Britain is facing a wave of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/britain-braces-winter-strike-action-nurses-walk-out-2022-12-12\/\">industrial action<\/a>\u00a0this winter, with strikes crippling the rail network and postal service, and airports bracing for disruption over Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation running at more than 10%, trailed by pay offers of around 4%, is stoking tensions between unions and employers.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the strikes though, it will be the sight of nurses on picket lines that will be the stand-out image for many Britons this winter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080741Z_1487053239_RC276Y98SYWT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A nurse holds a sign outside St. Thomas' Hospital in London on Thursday, Dec. 15.\" class=\"wp-image-25019532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080741Z_1487053239_RC276Y98SYWT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080741Z_1487053239_RC276Y98SYWT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080741Z_1487053239_RC276Y98SYWT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080741Z_1487053239_RC276Y98SYWT_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A nurse holds a sign outside St. Thomas\u2019 Hospital in London on Thursday, Dec. 15.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat a tragic day. This is a tragic day for nursing, it is a tragic day for patients, patients in hospitals like this, and it is a tragic day for people of this society and for our NHS,\u201d Pat Cullen, the head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union, said to the BBC on a picket line on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The widely admired nursing profession will shut down parts of the NHS, which since its founding in 1948 has developed national treasure status for being free at the point of use, hitting healthcare provision when it is already stretched in winter and with backlogs at record levels due to COVID delays.<\/p>\n<p>Health minister Steve Barclay said it was deeply regrettable that the strike was going ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been working across government and with medics outside the public sector to ensure safe staffing levels \u2013 but I do remain concerned about the risk that strikes pose to patients,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Barclay said patients should continue to seek urgent medical care and attend appointments unless they have been told not to.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T085106Z_118215181_RC286Y9YYUG2_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Thursday's strike will see nearly 100 hospitals with limited staff.\" class=\"wp-image-25019533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T085106Z_118215181_RC286Y9YYUG2_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T085106Z_118215181_RC286Y9YYUG2_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T085106Z_118215181_RC286Y9YYUG2_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T085106Z_118215181_RC286Y9YYUG2_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Thursday\u2019s strike will see nearly 100 hospitals with limited staff.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MORE_STRIKES_AHEAD\"><\/span>MORE STRIKES AHEAD?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The industrial action by nurses on Dec. 15 and Dec. 20 is unprecedented in the British nursing union\u2019s 106-year history, but the RCN says it has no choice as workers struggle to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p>Nurses want a 19% pay rise, arguing they have suffered a decade of real-terms cuts and that low pay means staff shortages and unsafe care for patients.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The government has refused to discuss pay, which Cullen said raised the prospect of more strikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery room I go into with the secretary of state, he tells me he can talk about anything but pay,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat it is going to do is continue with days like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside St Thomas\u2019 Hospital in central London, Ethnea Vaughan, 50, a practice development nurse from London said she felt nurses had no option but to strike, blaming a government that had ignored their concerns for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing is changing and I\u2019ve been in nursing for 27 years and all I can see is a steady decline in morale,\u201d she told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The government in Scotland avoided a nursing strike by holding talks on pay, an outcome that the RCN had hoped for in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>But the government has said it cannot afford to pay more than the 4-5% offered to nurses, which was recommended by an independent body, and that further pay increases would mean taking money away from frontline services.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080042Z_2007355349_RC276Y9SSYRD_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Nurses hold signs outside St. Thomas' Hospital with Big Ben in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-25019525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080042Z_2007355349_RC276Y9SSYRD_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080042Z_2007355349_RC276Y9SSYRD_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080042Z_2007355349_RC276Y9SSYRD_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-12-15T080042Z_2007355349_RC276Y9SSYRD_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-STRIKES-NURSES.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nurses hold signs outside St. Thomas\u2019 Hospital with Big Ben in the background.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some treatment areas will be exempt from strike action the RCN has said, including chemotherapy, dialysis and intensive care.<\/p>\n<p>Polling ahead of the nursing strike showed that a majority of Britons support the action, but once the walk-outs are underway politicians will be closely monitoring public opinion.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: 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