nose and throat surgery. it s one of our busiest surgical hubs in the whole of the uclh campus. but not today. university college hospital in london gave us access to one of their surgical centres. over 2,000 patients across the trust will miss their operations and appointments. the boss has called on unions and the government to settle the dispute. disputes like this, industrial action of this scale, is hugely disruptive, so it s notjust the cancelling of patients and reorganising their care, it s everything that goes behind that. but it s also motivating our staff, retaining our staff, keeping the morale of our staff high. given where this dispute s got to, what s your message to the government? my message and that of many chief executives around the country is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action and the disruption that it s causing to patients and our staff. back on the street, nurses defended their decision to strike. so i m out
wards fell silent. emergency care is still being provided hospital bosses say they re hugely concerned. my message and that of many chief executives around the country is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action and the disruption it s causing to patients and to our staff. the thing is, there is no sign of a resolution tonight. i actually detect resolution tonight. i actually detect a resolution tonight. i actually detect a souring of the mood between health detect a souring of the mood between health unions and the government. also on the programme. one of the ukrainian government s most senior ministers has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv at least 1a people were killed. another slight fall in inflation but food prices continue to soar. the united nations sends its most senior woman to afghanistan for talks with the taliban, who ve stopped women working for aid agencies there. a major incident has been declared in somerset
hugely disruptive, so it s notjust the cancelling of the patients and reorganising their care, it is everything that goes behind that. it s also motivating our staff, retaining our staff, keeping the morale of our staff high. given where this dispute has got to, what s your message to the government? my message and that of many chief executives around the country is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action and the disruption it is causing to patients and our staff. back on the street, nurses defended their decision to strike. so i m out here to protest. we need a pay rise. we haven t had a pay rise in ten years in line with inflation, so we deserve better. every single day we are . completely over capacity. it s not a safe environment to be looking after the patients and a strike is - unfortunately the only thing we feel like we ve got left. what about patients affected today? they ve missed out on their operation, their appointment wh
at six tens of thousands of nurses go on strike again in their biggest day of action so far in england. they chant: claps don t pay the bills, claps don t pay the bills! strike action will intensify next month. ambulance workers will now walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales, piling huge pressure on hospital bosses. my message, and that of many chief executives around the country, is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action, and the disruption caused to patients and to our staff. also on the programme tonight. another slight fall in inflation but food prices continue to soar. a
goes behind that. but it s also motivating our staff, retaining our staff, keeping the morale of our staff high. given where this dispute s got to, what s your message to the government? my message and that of many chief executives around the country is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action and the disruption that it s causing to patients and our staff. back on the street, nurses defended their decision to strike. so i m out here to protest. we need a pay rise. we haven t had a pay rise for ten years in line with inflation, so we deserve better. every single day, we re . completely over capacity. it s not a safe environment to be looking after the patients - and a strike is unfortunately the only thing we feel- like we ve got left. what about patients affected today? they ve missed out on their operation, their appointment they might have waited forfor a long time. yep, so this is it, . but it feels like this is the last thing that we