Striking nurses ‘not going away’, says RCN, as other unions meet over pay offer

Pat Cullen urges health secretary not to disrespect nurses and to do the decent thing for the NHS'

Steve Barclay has lost the public" and striking nurses are not going to go away", the head of the Royal College of Nursing, Pat Cullen, has warned.

Her comments came after Barclay, the health secretary, described the industrial action by nurses as premature" and disrespectful" to other trade unions who are set to meet to discuss the government's pay offer on Tuesday.