Hundreds of outpatient appointments have been cancelled and a significant number of home care services will be affected ahead of Tuesday s 24 hours strike by lo.
In a nod to the Ten Pound Poms scheme introduced after the Second World War, government and industry officials will visit the UK to lure workers away to fill more than 31,000 vacancies.
The NHS today faces it s biggest ever strike as more than 50,000 nurses, paramedics and emergency call handlers walk out together for the first time in the pay dispute.