The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- John Furner
Nurses in England are today taking part in a 48-hour strike, in the latest chapter of their never-ending pay dispute with No10.
More than 30,000 NHS workers are expected to take to picket lines, in what insiders believe will be the biggest day of industrial action to ever hit the health service.
Meanwhile up to 10,000 ambulance workers are holding their own industrial action.
Union bosses says their members need an inflation-busting pay boost to cope with the cost of living crisis and fix NHS staffing gaps. But ministers have refused to budge, claiming the 4 per cent offered is all the country can afford, and any more would come at the cost of patient services.
Here, we answers your questions on the nurses strike stalemate.
This graph shows the average nurses’ pay for a host of European countries as of 2020, taking into account how expensive it is to live in each nation. The UK, at £30,880, comes just under the European average of £31,600 but is almost half the top runner, Luxembourg, which pays an average of £59,790
Royal College of Nursing members striking at St Thomas’ Hospital in London today
