Speaking at the end of the Royal College of Nursing's third day of strike action, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen, said:
“Rather than grabbing our olive branch, Steve Barclay is desperately looking for new ways not to negotiate with nurses.
“Hundreds of impassioned nurses told me in person today that this strike is about discovering their voice after many years of being let down. The patients who joined picket lines see this as a battle for the soul of the NHS as much as it’s about pay rises.
“With just as many nursing staff ready to head into the cold again tomorrow morning, the Prime Minister must ask himself why and understand that only he can set the NHS on a better path.”
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