Coordinated Strike by Nurses and Ambulance Workers a ‘Step Change’ in NHS Dispute: UK Health Official

Members of the Royal College of Nursing on the picket line outside the Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool as nurses in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland take industrial action over pay, on Dec. 15, 2022. Peter Byrne/PA Media

The coordinated strike action by nurses and ambulance workers next month will mark a “step change” in the labour dispute in Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), a senior health service leader has warned.

The UK is expected to see the biggest-ever strike action within the NHS on Feb. 6, when ambulance staff and nurses plan to walk out simultaneously for the first time.