NHS crisis deepens as nursing union plans ‘mega strike’ in England

Doctors could join coordinated strike as Royal College of Nurses announce national ballot on mass action

England's biggest nursing union is to ballot its members on whether to join a make or break" mega-strike that would lead to mass action by nurses in every hospital trust in the country, the Observer can reveal.

The move by the Royal College of Nursing to up the ante" by holding a single national vote - rather than conducting ballots in each individual trust as it did last October - would, if passed, mean twice as many trusts being hit by industrial action by nurses as have been so far.