The health secretary needs to set out what the government can do right now.
nhs pay
Ministers should focus on rebuilding industrial relations, rather than picking fights
Ministers are picking fights with workers to divert attention to failings
Ministers must tackle workforce crisis through wage boost
Christina McAnea’s says public support is on the union’s side
Brave NHS staff who cared for the country in the pandemic are now taking this difficult industrial action to draw attention to the deep crisis in the NHS
Health secretary’s refusal to budge on pay is causing damage
Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England and at two Liverpool hospitals
Ministers still have time to stop disruption
Reopening pay review body evidence is not the answer