Nurse strikes in England end as vote turnout too low

Strike enactment by nurses astatine the Royal College of Nursing volition not proceed aft the union's ballot of its members successful England failed to execute a mandate.

While the bulk of members voted to proceed to instrumentality concern action, the numbers taking portion successful the ballot were excessively debased for it to count.

Just implicit 43% excessively portion - beneath the 50% threshold required.

The RCN balloted its members aft the erstwhile six-month mandate for onslaught enactment had expired.

Its members were among a number of wellness unit who rejected the government's wage woody of a 5% emergence this and a lump sum of astatine slightest £1,655.

Members of Unison - the biggest NHS national - and those belonging to the bodies representing physios and midwives besides backed the deal, which has present started to beryllium paid.

It means lone Unite successful England has a mandate for onslaught enactment - and that is lone for section strikes among immoderate ambulance unit and enactment workers.

The Royal College of Radiographers is inactive balloting its members.

This wage woody and quality is abstracted to the 1 involving members of the British Medical Association arsenic doctors are connected a antithetic contract.

Junior doctors are owed to instrumentality portion successful five-day onslaught adjacent month, portion the results of the onslaught ballot of consultants closed connected Tuesday. An announcement connected that is owed soon.

Members of the RCN person taken portion successful 8 days of strikes since the commencement of December.

They person progressive astir fractional of front-line services.

The RCN is continuing to instrumentality onslaught enactment successful Wales wherever a antithetic woody was rejected. The national is besides seeking a caller six-month mandate to proceed the walkouts.

An connection by ministers successful Scotland was accepted by RCN members earlier successful the year.