SPECIALIST NHS staff in Greater Manchester are set to relaunch strike action in a six-month dispute over lack of funding and understaffing.

The 40 health workers from the Manchester Early Intervention in Psychosis Team, who treat people with early signs of the condition which can involve delusions, hallucinations and loss of touch with reality, are members of unions Unison and Unite and will strike from Monday to Friday.

They include nurses, psychologists, social workers, support workers, welfare rights workers, therapists and employment specialists.