The union has been demanding a loss of 20% of nurses' basic salary since 2010; Ambulance drivers also joined
Health professionals from the United Kingdom who form part of the NHS (National Health Service) on Monday (6 February 2023) began the largest strike in the history of the sector in the country. Nurses and ambulance drivers are demanding an increase in their inflation-adjusted basic salaries.
According to the union representing the British nursing sector, inflation has eroded about 20% of professionals' salaries since 2010. More than 73 hospitals in the British National Health Service will be affected by the strike.
In the note (complete – 242 KB, in English), RCN Consortium (Royal College of Nursing) He says The strike is the largest in the NHS's 75 years of existence.
Professionals had already carried out strikes since the end of last year, but the actions were carried out separately by category. Now the strike has been consolidated.
A strike has also been called in Wales on Monday (February 6). However, the Welsh Government put forward a proposal to improve salaries which was accepted by the organisation. The 3% adjustment will apply to nurses, retroactive to April 2022.
British Health Minister Maria Caulfield said Monday morning (February 6) in a radio interview Team1 That unions refused to comply with the wage review process.
After reaching the highest level in the last 40 years in October 2022 (11.1%), UK inflation fell slightly and reached 10.5% in December 2022. In November, it remained at 10.7%.
