Court orders nurse strike in England to be cut short

The forthcoming onslaught successful England by members of the Royal College of Nursing has to beryllium chopped abbreviated by a day, a justice has ruled.

The walkout is owed to commencement astatine 20:00 BST connected Sunday and was going to past until 20:00 connected Tuesday.

But it indispensable present extremity connected Bank Holiday Monday, pursuing the ineligible judgement astatine the High Court.

The justice ruled that the RCN's six-month mandate for onslaught enactment would person lapsed by Tuesday.

The lawsuit was brought aft NHS Employers said it believed the past time of the planned onslaught was not covered by the mandate arsenic the ballots closed connected 2 November 2022 astatine midday.

It had argued that could invalidate the full onslaught and urged the authorities to look into the case.

The authorities ended up conscionable contesting the portion of the onslaught that fell connected the 2 May, the Tuesday.

Ahead of the tribunal proceeding the RCN said it would person to judge the judgement arsenic it would "never bash thing illegal".

But it accused Health Secretary Steve Barclay of bullying nurses and utilizing "draconian anti-trade national legislation".