‘I’m so exhausted’: Why nurses say they’re striking
This Is Why
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🗓️ 10 November 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Patients who are already facing record waiting lists are now likely to see operations and appointments delayed or cancelled, though emergency care will continue.
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson hears from two nurses about day-to-day life in the NHS and Billy Palmer, from health think tank The Nuffield Trust, on why NHS frontline staff are quitting in record numbers.
Plus, Sky News’ Health correspondent Ashish Joshi on the government's response to the pay disputes.
Editor - Philly Beaumont
Podcast producer - Rosie Gillott
Interviews producer – Alys Bowen
Digital producer - David Chipakupaku
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| 1:07.3 | Nurses, not just the backbone of the health service, but the very heart of it as well. And on the question of their salary, well, let's just say the public tend to take their side and not the politicians. And they've looked after you really nicely? Yeah, they always do. Yeah. It's a pity you don't pay them all. Well, we are trying. No, you're not trying. You need to try harder. |
| 1:28.5 | Rishi Sunak, just the latest in a long line of prime ministers to be told, in no uncertain terms, |
| 1:34.3 | just what patients think of the nurses who care for them. |
| 1:37.7 | He's also now staring down the barrel of the biggest nursing strike in NHS history. |
| 1:46.0 | The Royal College of Nursing, or RCN, says that since the Conservatives took power in 2010, |
| 1:51.0 | the pay of experience nurses has fallen by 20% in real terms. |
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