The union is recommending its 300,000 members walk out over pay, with the result of the ballot due next month.
If strikes go ahead, the RCN says they would affect non-urgent but not emergency care.
The government has urged nurses to "carefully consider" the impact on patients. BBC News
See also:
- Nurses' pay has fallen twice as much as private sector pay, union reveals as first UK-wide strike ballot of NHS nursing staff opens Royal College of Nursing
- RCN’s biggest ever strike ballot now open Royal College of Nursing
- Nurses start voting on strikes! Royal College says 'enough is enough' and demands 17% pay rise The Daily Mail
- Nurses across UK to vote in first ever RCN strike ballot over pay The Guardian
- Nurses to vote on strikes in Royal College of Nursing’s first ever UK-wide ballot The Independent
- Northampton nurse says ‘enough is enough’ ahead of historic strike vote Northampton Chronicle and Echo
- Health secretary says she is ‘responding’ to staff retention issues Nursing Times
- Nurses to vote on strike action in Royal College of Nursing's first ever UK-wide ballot Sky News
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