industrial action ever next month. on the 6th of february, thousands of nurses and ambulance workers will walk out in a long running dispute about pay. tens of thousands of nurses in england have already been taking part in strike action this week. our health editor hugh pym reports from university college hospital, in london, on the impact of the strikes. claps don t pay the bills, claps don t pay the bills! outside the hospital, the noise from striking nurses and protesters. claps don t pay the bills, claps don t pay the bills! inside, the operating theatres are silent. no planned operations are going ahead. there is no one in the recovery room. today we would have had two days worth of operations planned in these theatres, our newest set of theatres here at the grafton way building, and we have nothing planned at all in terms of surgical activity today or tomorrow. and what normally happens here, what level of activity? normally we d be busy with orthopaedic or ear,
at six tens of thousands of nurses go on strike again in their biggest day of action so far in england. they chant: claps don t pay the bills, claps don t pay the bills! strike action will intensify next month. ambulance workers will now walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales, piling huge pressure on hospital bosses. my message, and that of many chief executives around the country, is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action, and the disruption caused to patients and to our staff. also on the programme tonight. another slight fall in inflation but food prices continue to soar. a
tens of thousands of nurses in england have been on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of hospitals and community health services. thousands of nurses will also strike tomorrow across england and on the 6th and 7th february in wales as well. emergency care is still being provided. today ambulance workers added to the nhs crisis as they announced four more dates in england and wales the 6th and 20th of february and the 6th and 20th of march. the royal college of nursing says it s willing to compromise the health secretary, steve barclay, says pay rises would take money away from patient care. our health editor, hugh pym, reports from university college hospital on the impact of the strikes. claps don t pay the bills, claps don t pay the bills! outside the hospital, the noise from striking nurses and protesters. claps don t pay the bills, claps don t pay the bills! inside, the operating
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union leaders say nurses may be forced to announce a fresh wave of strikes if the british government doesn t agree to reopen talks on pay and working conditions. on thursday, tens of thousands of nurses in england, wales, and northern ireland walked out for the first time in the history of the public health service. the british prime minister insists that a current pay offer, is appropriate and fair. here s our health editor, hugh pym. it s a pay row with a major impact on the political agenda. striking nurses outside st thomas hospital opposite parliament yesterday gave their view on the pay award. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! some conservative mps have called for another look at the issue. but the prime minister today on a visit to belfast stuck to his position, spelling out again his view that the 4% increase for nurses was fair. i know things are difficult right now and that s why the government is providing lots of support for people, particularly with ener