Full list of NHS hospitals where nurses are on strike today – are you affected?

THOUSANDS of nurses took to pickets across the country this morning to fight for better wages and working conditions.

It comes after the nurses were only offered a 4.75 per cent pay rise – well below what was being asked.

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Today marks the second day of the nurses’ strike as General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing Pat Cullen visits pickets in the north of England.

She told strikers this morning: “I don’t think we’ll ever get used to it, but it’s the right thing to do.”

But she added that nurses may have “no choice” but to go on strike in January if the government doesn’t come to the table.

Cullen explained that the strikes had not been coordinated with other unions, adding that nurses were “sorry” that patient care was disrupted today.

“Any disruption to a healthcare system as vulnerable as ours is something this government needs to look at really long and hard.

“The Prime Minister has to ask himself why nurses are doing this for the second time in their history,” she said, adding that he needed to meet with her to find a solution.

“We would negotiate with the government – ​​again we will not interfere if they don’t interfere. But we don’t have the opportunity because we can’t get down to a table to talk to the government,” she told BBC Radio 4.

The nurses’ strike comes just days before the emergency services strike in the UK today.

Eight in 10 ambulances will be delayed or not show up on strike, NHS bosses warn.

Meanwhile, the South West is likely to be the hardest hit part of England today as 13 employers join nurses’ strikes.

The region already has some of the worst ambulance and emergency room delays in the world.

The strike will result in 70,000 appointments, procedures and surgeries being canceled in England, Health Secretary Maria Caulfield has said.

She previously told Sky News: “Cancer surgeries are being closed in these 44 trusts in England. We estimate that around 70,000 appointments, procedures and surgeries will be lost.”

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had said the RCN’s demands – a 19 per cent hike worth £10bn – were “unaffordable”.

A nurse who went on strike outside Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool this morning said there was “so much pressure” on staff.

Lucy Savage, who qualified as a registered nurse in September, said workers needed “more money and more staff”.

The 21-year-old added: “We need patient safety. We’re overworked and underpaid, the NHS is in shambles.

“I don’t know how many times in the last four weeks I’ve gone home and said to my mother, ‘I’m not going to be a nurse for the rest of my life if this goes on.’

Strikes are allowed in maternity wards, intensive care units, transplant clinics and end-of-life care as long as there is at least one public holiday staffing level.

CEO Amanda Pritchard last week admitted there will be cancellations due to industrial action but said patients would be informed “sooner rather than later”.

Saffron Cordery, chief of NHS Providers, said: “The affected trusts will do everything they can to minimize the disruption to patients.”

Health Secretary Steve Barclay said: “The NHS has developed tried and tested plans to minimize disruption and ensure emergency services continue to function.”

The NHS organizations taking part in strikes today are:

East Midlands:

• Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB – 20 December
• Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust – 20 December
• Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December

east england:

• Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust – 20 December
• Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust – 20 December
• NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB – 20 December
• Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December

London:

• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust – 20 December
• NHS North Central London ICB – 20 December
  Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December

northwest:

• Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust found – 20 December
• Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Clatterbridge Cancer Center NHS found trust – 20th December
• The Walton Center NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December

North England:

• Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December

South-East:

• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust – Warneford Hospital – 20 December
• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust – Witney Community Hospital – 20 December
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Horton General Hospital – 20 December
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – John Radcliffe and Churchill – 20 December
• Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December

southwest:

• Devon Partnership NHS Trust – 20 December
• Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• NHS Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB (BSW Together) – 20 December
• NHS Devon ICB (One Devon) – 20 December
• NHS Gloucestershire ICB (One Gloucestershire) – 20 December
• North Bristol NHS Trust – 20 December
• Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust – 20 December

West Midlands:

• Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust – 20 December
• NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB (BSol ICB) – 20 December
• The Royal Orthopedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust – 20 December

Yorkshire & Humber:

• Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – 20 December
• Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust – 20 December
• The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – 20 December

National Employers:

• Health Education England
  NHS England – December 20th

Northern Ireland:

• Belfast Health and Social Care Trust – 20 December
• Northern Health and Social Care Trust – 20 December
• Western Health and Social Care Trust—December 20
• Southern Health and Social Care Trust – 20 December
• South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust – 20 December
• Council for Practice and Education in Northern Ireland
• business services organization
• Regulatory and Quality Improvement Authority
• Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service
• Office of Public Health
• Ambulance Service Northern Ireland

Wales:

• Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – 20 December
• Powys Teaching Local Health Board – 20 December
• Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust Headquarters – 20 December
• Hywel Dda University Health Board – 20 December
• Swansea Bay University Health Board – 20 December
• Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board – 20 December
• Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board – 20 December
• Velindre NHS Trust – 20 December
• Public Health Wales
• Health education and improvement Health Board of Wales
• NHS Wales shared services partnership
  Digital Health and Care Wales

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