The Mayor of Liverpool is to call on Liverpool Council to back striking nurses and ask the government to improve funding for social care.
Amid the backdrop of health care staff taking to the picket line and city region NHS bosses admitting they’re considering sending hospital staff into care homes to support social care, Joanne Anderson has laid down a motion for debate by the city council to stand behind nurses and look into how it can support the health service financially.
Nurses walked out from hospitals in Whiston, St Helens and Wirral yesterday morning as members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) staged another wave of industrial action over pay and conditions. Mayor Anderson’s motion has called on Liverpool Council to note the “mounting pressure on the NHS caused by under-funding and the effect this is having on staff, patients and social care requirements.”
