How NHS strikes on Monday 6 February will affect you

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Striking caregiver and Zoe Conway composite image

By Zoe Conway

Employment correspondent

The NHS is bracing for its biggest onslaught yet. For the archetypal clip successful this dispute, ambulance workers and nurses volition locomotion retired unneurotic successful England connected Monday.

The interaction volition besides beryllium bigger than connected erstwhile onslaught days due to the fact that much infirmary trusts are involved.

It won't conscionable impact exigency attraction - galore non-urgent appointments and operations volition beryllium cancelled.

In Wales, the onslaught has been called disconnected by the main ambulance union, the GMB, and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) national portion they see a caller wage connection from the Welsh government.

But the Unite union, which besides represents ambulance workers successful Wales, says its onslaught volition spell ahead.

Upcoming onslaught action

FRI 3 FEB

Train drivers

Train drivers who are members of the Aslef national are connected strike
Most bid companies crossed England are affected
Disruption is besides expected connected immoderate services betwixt England and Scotland, and betwixt England and Wales
Customers are encouraged to cheque their way earlier travelling

Teachers successful Scotland

Teachers successful South Lanarkshire and Western Isles are connected strike
Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) are taking enactment arsenic portion of an ongoing quality implicit pay

Bus drivers connected strike

Bus drivers employed by Abellio successful London are taking concern action
The routes affected are mostly successful southbound and westbound London

SAT 4 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 5 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

MON 6 FEB

Nurses successful England

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are taking concern enactment implicit pay
Life-preserving attraction indispensable beryllium provided, and each nurses successful intensive and exigency attraction are expected to work

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the GMB and Unite unions are connected onslaught successful respective determination services crossed England and successful Northern Ireland
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

TUE 7 FEB

Nurses successful England connected strike

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are taking concern enactment implicit pay
Life-preserving attraction indispensable beryllium provided, and each nurses successful intensive and exigency attraction are expected to work

WED 8 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

THU 9 FEB

Physiotherapists instrumentality action

NHS physiotherapy unit crossed England are striking implicit wage and staffing
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy says 4,200 members are involved

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

FRI 10 FEB

Ambulance staff

Thousands of ambulance unit crossed 5 services successful England - London, Yorkshire, the South West, North East and North West - are striking
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

SAT 11 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 12 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

MON 13 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

TUE 14 FEB

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

Teachers successful Wales

Members of the National Education Union are connected onslaught crossed the full of Wales
Many schools volition adjacent altogether and classes successful immoderate others volition not run

WED 15 FEB

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

THU 16 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful Northern Ireland are connected onslaught
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

FRI 17 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful the West Midlands and successful Northern Ireland are connected onslaught
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

SAT 18 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 19 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

MON 20 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful Wales and respective regions of England are connected onslaught
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

TUE 21 FEB

Teachers successful Northern Ireland

The bulk of teachers successful Northern Ireland are holding a half-day onslaught
Many schools crossed the state are not expected to unfastened until aft midday

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

WED 22 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful the North West portion of England are connected strike
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

THU 23 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful Northern Ireland are connected onslaught
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

FRI 24 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful Northern Ireland are connected onslaught
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

SAT 25 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 26 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

Nurses strikes

Members of the RCN are walking retired implicit wage connected Monday 6 February and Tuesday 7 February.

The RCN has said this is the biggest enactment truthful far, with much than a 3rd of infirmary trusts successful England affected.

The national has astir 300,000 members - astir two-thirds of NHS nurses.

Welsh NHS unit person suspended onslaught enactment pursuing an improved connection from ministers.

The RCN and GMB unions successful Scotland person enactment onslaught enactment connected clasp to let talks connected a 2023 wage offer.

People with a infirmary assignment successful England should inactive go, unless they person been told otherwise, according to NHS advice.

Patients successful infirmary volition beryllium informed however their attraction volition beryllium affected connected a ward-by-ward basis.

Intensive and exigency attraction volition inactive beryllium provided, but regular check-ups and different operations whitethorn beryllium affected.

Services specified arsenic chemotherapy, kidney dialysis and intensive attraction volition beryllium staffed, but different attraction specified arsenic genu and hep replacements and hernia repair are apt to beryllium affected.

GP practices volition tally arsenic normal, and radical should spell to scheduled appointments.

Anyone who is earnestly sick oregon injured should inactive telephone 999, oregon 111 for non-urgent care.

The nurses strikes connected each time volition past for 12 hours.

Ambulance workers

Ambulance unit successful England are striking implicit wage connected Monday, with further onslaught dates announced.

People should lone telephone an ambulance if they are earnestly sick oregon injured, and determination is simply a hazard to life.

The astir life-threatening situations - specified arsenic cardiac apprehension - volition beryllium sent an ambulance.

Conditions which are superior but not instantly life-threatening mightiness not beryllium instantly attended.

Calls - specified arsenic a pistillate successful late-stage labour - volition not beryllium prioritised.

For different healthcare needs, the NHS advises calling 111, oregon using 111 online.

Ambulance strikes connected 6, 17, 20, and 22 February, and 6 and 20 March volition past for up to 26 hours.

The NHS said it was moving with the equipped forces "to guarantee ambulance services are supported".

Additional reporting by Tom Espiner

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