Commenting on the announcement that the Royal College of Nursing will be striking again in the Labour-run NHS in Wales on the 6th and 7th of February, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister Russell George MS said:
“The RCN have said it perfectly themselves – Labour must stop pretending that NHS pay is not their responsibility and they must engage in meaningful discussions with nurses.
“A solution to this dispute will only come through negotiation and it won’t be easy, but if Labour does not even have the humility to do this property, then they give nurses no dignity.
“Without resolution, the Labour-run Welsh NHS will never work for patients or staff and we will continue to see performance decline below where we are now with the slowest ambulance response times on record, and Britain’s longest waiting list and worst A&E waits.”