NHS set to grind to a halt on 20 December in coordinated strike

NHS set to grind to a halt on 20 December in coordinated strike The NHS will grind to a halt on 20 December under plans being discussed for a coordinated Christmas strike in England and Wales by nurses, ambulance drivers and hospital staff.

The unprecedented day of industrial action would leave NHS bosses struggling to keep even the most basic services running to standards that patients would expect, with many reduced to “Christmas Day” levels of staffing. The Guardian

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• Strikes will cause even MORE chaos in A&E The Daily Mail
• NHS could shutdown on December 20: Unions plot to co-ordinate devastating pre-Christmas strikes The Daily Mail
• A&E at risk from nurses' strikes as it fails to make list of protected areas The Daily Telegraph
• Pharmacies drafted in to break NHS strike The Daily Telegraph
• Striking UK workers playing into Putin’s hands, says Zahawi The Guardian
• Tory chairman’s ‘NHS strikes help Putin’ claim dismissed as ‘ludicrous’ The Guardian
• Timetable of trouble: the wave of strikes set to hit the Tories this winter The Guardian
• Ministers accused of ‘spoiling for a fight’ with nurses over pay The Guardian
• Where will NHS nurses strike and how will it affect me? The News Statesman
• Tory claims nurses should cancel strikes to ‘send clear message to Putin’ Nursing Notes