ER, Cancer Ward, and ICU Affected for 1st Time in Nurses Strike Ahead of Crunch Vote

ER, Cancer Ward, and ICU Affected for 1st Time in Nurses Strike Ahead of Crunch Vote
NHS workers on the picket line at St. Thomas' Hospital, London, on May 1, 2023. Jordan Pettitt/PA Media
Lily Zhou
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Emergency departments (ER), cancer wards, and intensive care units (ICU) in England have been affected for the first time as nurses began their “biggest strike yet” on Sunday evening over a pay dispute.

The 28-hour-walk out between 8 p.m. on Sunday and a minute before midnight on Monday came after members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) voted to reject the government’s pay offer.