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Readers panel: is strike action over pay now the only option for nurses?

Following the announcement that the below-inflation 1% pay cap is to remain for 2017-18, the RCN is conducting an online poll to see whether members are prepared to strike over pay. Nursing Standard readers have their say. 
Posted 24 April 2017 - 10:43
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