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Sophie Huskisson & Lizzy Buchan

Mass nurses strike TODAY as cancer staff walk out for first time - FULL LIST of hospitals

Nursing leaders warned patients are being put at risk “every single day” due to the crisis in the NHS as they downed tools for the biggest strike yet.

Fed-up staff are taking part in a 28-hour walkout across England until 11.59pm tonight after voting to reject the latest Government pay offer.

A&E and cancer staff are joining the walkouts for the first time, with unprecedented disruption expected for patients.

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) General Secretary Pat Cullen hit back at Tory claims that the strikes were putting people at risk and said the union had been working “tirelessly” to protect patients.

She confirmed that nurses can be called in to offer minimal staffing in emergency and intensive care after talks over the weekend to allow exemptions to protect “life and limb" services.

Nurses are on strike today over pay and working conditions (PA)

Asked whether lives will be put at risk because of the strikes, Ms Cullen said: “Well, you've heard me say time and time again: why are nurses going on strike?

"They're going on strike because patients' lives are being put at risk every single day and why - because we have tens of thousands of vacant nursing posts.”

In a message to NHS bosses, Ms Cullen said: “None of those people, I believe, have walked in the shoes of our nursing staff.

"I would say to them as well, it's interesting that they've come today to talk about the risk that's posed as a result of our nurses taking strike action, for the very reason that I've said, because of the crisis within the health service.

"And I would ask them, for those other 364 days of the year - speak up for their nursing staff, tell what the risk is that they are carrying every single day.”

The BMA doctors union is asking its members to show solidarity by visiting picket lines when they aren't working, and to show support by bringing snacks or drinks.

Keir Starmer told ministers to get round the table to resolve the strikes.

He said: "I don't want to see strikes go ahead. The way to avoid strikes is to get in the room with the nurses and resolve these issues."

Dame Ruth May, chief nursing officer for England, said: "We are grateful to the RCN for agreeing a process of safety critical mitigations and we continue to support all nurses, those who work and those who take industrial action.

"These mitigations do not represent a return to standard staffing. The industrial action will still have a very significant impact on services during the strike period and patients can expect to see longer waits for care."

NHS England has urged people not to seek NHS care unless they really need it - and to go to pharmacies or call 111 if they have a non-urgent issue.

RCN general secretary Pat Cullen this morning confirmed there will be some "national exemptions" (Steve Taylor/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock)

The RCN was forced to cut short its strike after the High Court its mandate for walkouts lapsed on Tuesday.

It comes as the NHS pay deal was on the brink of being agreed after the GMB union voted to accept the Government’s offer on Friday.

The RCN, along with Unite, have rejected the Government’s pay offer of a 5% pay rise for 2023/24 and a lump sum bonus for last year.

But the majority of the 14 unions on the NHS Staff Council, which acts as a bargaining group, have rejected the offer.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said the RCN strike "risks patient safety".

And he argued: "I think this strike is premature and is disrespectful to those trade unions that will be meeting on Tuesday."

NHS England asked those who need non-urgent care to go to pharmacies or dial 111 as their first port of call.

An RCN spokesperson said: "Whole services are not derogated like previous strikes but national agreement was reached on raising staffing levels in some key areas to preserve life and limb.

"The RCN and the NHS are clear, however, that this is not usual staffing levels either. This strike action will be more intense than before but the duty to protect life remains".

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Health Secretary Steve Barclay said it was 'hugely disappointing' that RCN members were striking (Getty Images)

Which trusts are affected by RCN strikes in England?

East Midlands

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Eastern

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB

NHS Mid and South Essex ICB

NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

London

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NHS North Central London ICB

NHS South West London ICB

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

North West

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Northern

Country Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)

North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

South East

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

NHS Kent and Medway ICB

NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

South East Coast Ambulance Service

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Solent NHS Trust

South Central Ambulance Services NHS Foundation Trust

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

South West

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NHS Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB

NHS Devon ICB (One Devon)

NHS Dorset ICB (One Dorset)

NHS Gloucestershire ICB (One Gloucestershire)

North Bristol NHS Trust

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

West Midlands

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Midlands and Lancashire CSU

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB (BSol ICB)

NHS Black Country ICB

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Yorkshire and the Humber

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

NHS North West Yorkshire ICB

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

National employers

Health Education England

NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS England

NHS Resolution

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