physiotherapists in wales are due to walkout next month. our health correspondent, 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.
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largely dry with sunny spells, the cold fronts in the south into the weekend, that is going to bring some more cloud. a breezy day for sunday and temperatures of malden. much more on our website and over on bbc radio london. i ll be here again in half an hour, but it s back to naga and charlie. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today. the free world is united as never before president zelensky thanks the us and germany, as they agree to supply powerful tanks to ukraine. thousands of nhs physiotherapists in england become the latest group to strike about pay in the health service. with big bill increases looming for millions of broadband customers, while rashford in a rush to get to wembley he scores early, as manchester
this is the first time members of the chartered society of physiotherapy have gone on strike. the action covers around 4200 staff, 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.
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. so far, there is little sign of an end to this long running dispute. unions are determined to pursue a pay deal they say reflects the cost of living crisis. ministers argue they simply can t af
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