NHS faces biggest-ever strike next month after union announces fresh walkouts

THE NHS faces its biggest-ever strike next month after Unite the union announced fresh ambulance worker walkouts today.
Thousands of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members are already scheduled to strike on February 6 and 7 – and GMB announced earlier this week that many of the paramedic staff it represents will join them on the first of those two days.
And Unite members across five ambulance trusts in England and Wales are also now set to down tools on February 6, as unions up the pressure on Tory ministers to act on years of take-home pay cuts and worsening patient safety.
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