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Campaigners reached westminster and the biggest set of walk outs by ambulance staff and nurses was announced for a single day in february. hugh pym, bbc news. it s notjust nurses who are on strike today. environment agency workers in england have also walked out in a dispute over pay. and in scotland, rolling teacher strikes continue in 0rkney and fife. several more days of industrial action are planned over the coming weeks. the big day will be february 1st when teachers, train drivers and civil servants all plan to go on strike right across the uk. so is there any chance of resolution? 0ur political editor chris mason is in westminster. is there? we have had this conversation is there? we have had this conversation before, - is there? we have had this i conversation before, haven t is there? we have had this - conversation before, haven t we? you asked the only question that really matters in all of this and i stand here and say, no, it does not look like there is any resolution an
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
On the same day as nurses in england and wales. tens of thosuands of nurses in england are already 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 sixth and seventh february in wales as well as england. today ambulance workers added to the nhs crisis as they announced four more dates in england and wales the sixth and 20th of february and the sixth 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. the head of one of london s largest hospitals says the dispute is hugely disruptive and needs to be resolved swiftly. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports from university college hospital on the impact of the strikes. claps don t pay the bills! outside the hospital, the noise from striking nurses and protesters.
Hugely disruptive, so it s notjust the cancelling of the patients and reorganising their care, it is everything that goes behind that. it s also motivating our staff, retaining our staff, keeping the morale of our staff high. given where this dispute has got to, what s your message to the government? 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 it is causing to patients and our staff. back on the street, nurses defended their decision to strike. so i m out here to protest. we need a pay rise. we haven t had a pay rise in ten years in line with inflation, so we deserve better. every single day we are . completely over capacity. it s not a safe environment to be looking after the patients and a strike is - unfortunately the only thing we feel like we ve got left. what about patients affected today? they ve missed out on their operation, their appointment wh