NHS is ‘over the precipice’, warns nurses’ leader as strike vote looms

Low-paid workforce could leave the profession in droves, with very survival of health service at risk

Nurses will vote to go on a national strike for the first time in their history because the NHS has gone over the precipice" and may not survive, the leader of the UK's largest nursing union has told the Observer.

Pat Cullen, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said there is anger among nurses, who feel that ministers do not believe they are important.