A DIRECTOR at one of Britain’s largest NHS trusts suggested workers would be prosecuted for going on strike hours before their three-day walkout, the Morning Star can reveal.

Unite slammed the “bullying tactics” by Barts Health NHS Trust after the email was sent to its members working for the East and South East London Pathology Partnership (ESEL) on Sunday.

Charlotte Mustoe, operations director at ESEL, wrote: “I am aware that HR has advised that staff do not have to inform their managers if they are striking.”