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or felt anything like this. never. it s heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking. soul destroying and it s horrible. and none of us want this for patients. we can t keep delivering second class care. we re a first class health system. we were, you know, we ve been first in the world and we still should be. in a statement, steve barclay said. we have actually agreed a number of national exemptions, including intensive care units, emergency departments, neonatal units, paediatric intensive care and others. so let s not scare the public this morning by saying that nursing is being reckless on this one
intensive care units, emergency departments, neonatal units, paediatric intensive care and others so let s not scare the public this morning by saying that nursing is being reckless on this one day of strike. they are most certainly not. and what are the government saying? the health secretary steve barclay has expressed disappointment over the latest strike action warning that it could put patient safety at risk, but what he did do was welcome the move by the rcn that it would allow nurses to be called in into those critical areas. here is the health secretary. we welcome that exemptions have been put in place for intensive care and for the emergency department, but it s still the case there will be significant disruption to patients and i think that is disrespectful to the other trade unions that are part of the nhs staff council who will be meeting on tuesday in order to vote on the fair and reasonable settlement we agreed with them some weeks ago.