Thousands of nurses in Britain have walked out in a new strike over pay, with no end in sight to a wave of industrial action that has piled pressure on the U.K.'s overburdened public health system.
Tens of thousands of nurses in England will strike in February for the third time in as many months, adding further pressure on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over crippling disruption to key
Nurses at 55 NHS trusts in England are already due to cause chaos by walking out on Wednesday and Thursday, but the February action will grow bigger and cover 73 trusts.
Ambulance response times in England nose-dived in December, with 999 crews being slower than ever to attend heart attack and stroke victims. Patients were left waiting 90 minutes on average.
Problems are mounting at hospitals across the nation as they try to deal with widespread staffing shortages, overworked nurses beaten down by the pandemic and a busted pipeline of new nurses.