LONDON, United Kingdom - Nurses and ambulance staff on Monday staged Britain's biggest round yet of health service strikes, stepping up their demands for better pay to combat a cost-of-living crisis.
Healthcare workers hold placards at a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in London on Febru
The United Kingdom's health system is under pressure as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance crews join an unprecedented strike demanding higher wages.
The number of operations and treatments cancelled by NHS strikes soars past 100,000 as unions return to picket lines this week, with Health Secretary Steve Barclay warning of the impact on patients.