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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory and Sammy Gecsoyler

BIZARRE: Striking nurses would return to work for emergencies says rcn head - What They Never Told You

Pat Cullen, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing
Pat Cullen, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said Barclay had ‘lost any respect nursing staff had for him and this government’. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

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.

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