Hospitals brace themselves for 'exceptionally low' staff numbers as nurses prepare to strike over bank holiday

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Hospitals brace themselves for 'exceptionally low' staff numbers as nurses prepare to strike over bank holiday
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The Royal College of Nursing union has agreed with NHS England that nurses may offer 'safety critical mitigations' in some emergencies to 'maintain safe patient care'.

Nurses are set to strike this weekend after a High Court judge ruled on Thursday it would be unlawful for the strike to continue into Tuesday as originally planned.

Meanwhile, NHS England is urging the public to use the health service wisely as hospitals prepare to cope with the bank holiday weekend. The NHS Staff Council - made up of health unions, employers and government representatives - is meeting on Tuesday to discuss the offer.From Thursday 27 April: RCN general secretary says government has 'lost nursing' The government 'has lost nursing' says RCN general secretary

"We would very much encourage them not to do so. I think it's extremely important for NHS staff to stick together.""But I think it's really important to say that that doesn't mean that we as leaders of the health service don't recognise the real concerns amongst staff that their pay has fallen.

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