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NHS: What does the strike action mean for patients?

Sky, 19 Jan 2023
Nurses and ambulance workers are planning what could be the biggest day of industrial action in the history of the NHS, with thousands of GMB union members striking alongside the Royal College of Nursing on the 6 February.

The government says their demands for above-inflation pay rises are "unaffordable". 

Our health correspondent, Ashish Joshi, reports on the impact this will have on patients.

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