Nurses are set to suspend their upcoming industrial action and enter 'intensive talks' on pay, terms and conditions and 'productivity enhancing reforms' with the government.
It comes after members of the Royal College of Nursing entered into a series of strikes over pay and working conditions over the last three months. They are now set to suspend their planned 48-hour strike in March, saying 'both sides are committed to finding a fair and reasonable settlement'.
Union bosses are asking for a pay award that goes 5% above inflation, saying patients are being put at risk by current conditions.
