‘This is as much about patient safety as pay’: NHS faces wave of strikes as more unions vote

‘This is as much about patient safety as pay’: NHS faces wave of strikes as more unions vote The NHS faces the threat of coordinated industrial action lasting several months, with results to be announced within days of strike ballots of ambulance crews and about 300,000 health workers.

Junior doctors, paramedics, midwives, porters, cleaners, pharmacy technicians and physiotherapists are being balloted across the NHS. The government now faces the threat of waves of strikes across the public sector, from nurses and firefighters to civil servants and teachers. The Guardian

See also: 

• December strike by NHS nurses is biggest in their history BBC News
• 'Militant' nursing union orchestrating pre-Christmas strikes threatens MORE walk-outs The Daily Mail
• The ARMY could drive ambulances and fill hospital roles under emergency plans for NHS this winter The Daily Mail
• Nurses are struggling – our strike has been a long time coming The Guardian
• Public sector pay demands ‘unaffordable’, says transport secretary
• Army could step in to help NHS during winter of strikes The Independent
• Ministers harden their stance ahead of nurse strike as they say there is no more money for a better pay deal iNews
• Army would step in to help NHS during winter of strikes under contingency plans ITV News