and president trump arrives in scotland for a bank holiday break surveying his golf courses. good afternoon. nurses are in the middle of their biggest strike so far this lunchtime, with their union the rcn calling on the government to put more money on the table if it wants to end the dispute. about half the health trusts in england are affected by today s strike which ends at midnight. the walk out is impacting critical services such as intensive care for the first time. the government has insisted it has made a fair and reasonable offer. nhs england has warned that staffing levels in some areas of the country will be exceptionally low . here s our health correspondent, katharine da costa. they say cut back, we say fight back.! back on the picket line in london. for the third time this year, members of the royal college of nursing are once again on strike. no nhs cuts! today s stoppage affects half of england s nhs trusts. some unite members at a handful of hospital tru
to vote on whether it accepts the agreement that we negotiated with them. i think it is right to wait for the nhs staff council to come to that decision and i think this strike is premature and disrespectful to those trade unions that will be meeting on tuesday. went we want it? it is expected the majority of nhs unions will back the deal at that meeting, with ministers having agreed to introduce it if they do. katharinejoins us from outside thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford now. other health unions are meeting tomorrow and they have accepted the pay deal, some of them and they are meeting ministers, does that leave those striking a little isolated? it is the rcn and the unite union is have both rejected what is on the