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dominic hughes, reports. becky has worked as a physiotherapist for 30 years. like her colleagues, treating patients, notjust with sports injuries or back pain, but in intensive care units, a&e departments and post operation rehab. but now, she says, many are burnt out. and that s why they ve taken the big step of going on strike. because of the cost of living, they have to work extra shifts to manage their finances. and that causes, obviously, added burn out to already busy days. and also, the nhs does run on goodwill, and the amount of physios and other nhs professionals that do. ..do overtime without actually getting paid for it as well. and i think that s another reason that people s goodwill has actually run out now. this is the first time members of the chartered society of physiotherapy
although not all of them will be on shift today. and it involves 30 nhs trusts in england, roughly one in seven. next month will see two more days of strike action in trusts and health boards in both england and wales. those involved in talks with the government say the strike is the result of a crisis that has been a decade in the making. this is about making sure that physiotherapists, physio support workers and other nhs staff, can meet the health needs of the uk population, at a time when we know you only need to turn on the television to see what s happening in emergency departments and outside them. and waiting lists are getting longer and longer for the treatment that people so desperately need. the physiotherapists are just the latest group to go on strike. recent weeks have seen industrial action by nurses, ambulance staff and other health workers. like other strikes, the most urgent, life threatening cases will be covered. but some patients will face cancelled appointments. s
due to a global shortage of parts. nhs physiotherapists walk out in england for the first time they re latest to join strike action over pay in the uk health service. conservationists are worried about the impact of ageing plastics in our seas, as evidence shows they are now entering the human food chain. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia has hit back at ukraine with a wave of missiles the day after two western countries confirmed they would send tanks to help kyiv s forces repel the russian invasion. these are pictures from the ukrainian capital this morning where people are taking cover in the metro network. one person has been reported killed and two injured as around 30