UK Nurses, Ambulance Workers Stage Largest Strike in NHS History

Workers on the picket line during a strike by nurses and ambulance staff outside St. Thomas's Hospital in London, on Feb. 6, 2023. James Manning/PA Media

Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers have staged the biggest strike in the history of the UK National Health Service (NHS).

The industrial action—the first time ambulance workers and nurses have walked out on the same day—was organised by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) alongside the GMB and Unite unions.