Staff will continue to provide "life-preserving" and some urgent care but routine surgery and other planned treatment is likely to be disrupted.
The Royal College of Nursing said staff had been given no choice after ministers refused to reopen pay talks.
The UK government said the RCN's 19% pay rise demand was unaffordable. BBC News
See also:
- ‘We strike for the future of the NHS’: RCN strike action begins Royal College of Nursing
- How to support and show solidarity with your nursing colleagues BMA
- NHS tells patients to continue to access emergency care during industrial action NHS England
- NHS will keep patients safe despite nurses strike says NHS England Strategy Officer Channel 4 News
- STEVE BARCLAY: My priority is to keep people safe this winter The Daily Mail
- Everything you need to know about today's NHS nurses strikes The Daily Mail
- Cancer care at risk as nurses strike: Health leaders warn of 'real concerns' for patients The Daily Mail
- NHS strikes: Rishi Sunak says millions will have healthcare disrupted by winter strikes The Daily Mail
- Nurses’ strikes could get worse, warn hospital bosses amid fears for end-of-life care The Daily Telegraph
- GMB withdraws from NHS pay process 'due to lack of independence from Government' Evening Standard
- BMA warns GPs against covering for NHS staff taking strike action GPonline
- Tens of thousands of nurses prepare to strike in ‘tragic first’ for NHS The Guardian
- Tens of thousands of UK nurses go on strike in first such industrial action in NHS history – live The Guardian
- We can’t cope anymore’: Desperate and without any other option, these are the NHS nurses driven to strike The Independent
- ‘Strong possibility’ of further nurses’ strikes in January, warns union leader The Independent
- Government to blame for ‘tragic’ NHS strike, says union boss as nurses start walkout The Independent
- Nurses strikes: What are the demands and what is the government offering? The Independent
- NHS nurses across the UK prepare to walk out on strike ITV News
- What are the salaries of workers going on strike in the UK? The New Statesman
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