'All bets off' for patient safety if nurses and doctors coordinate strikes, health leader warns

'All bets off' for patient safety if nurses and doctors coordinate strikes, health leader warns All “bets would be off” for guaranteeing patient safety if junior doctors and nurses co-ordinate NHS strikes, MPs have been told.

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of NHS Confederation, said it would be “incredibly difficult to maintain patient services” if the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and British Medical Association (BMA) staged a simultaneous walkout over pay. Evening Standard