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Originally Posted by Livia

They've lost my respect completely. They said they had special arrangements at Great Ormond St. Big fricking deal... What about all the other kids in hospital all over the country. They are a disgrace.

If things continue as they are then everywhere will be understaffed, permanently. Forget strikes - the staff simply won't exist. Who do you think is going to be staffing kids wards then? Untrained volunteers off the street?

There's already a staffing crisis. The nurses who are voting to strike know that it's only going to continue getting worse, to the point of no return. What is this world you live in, where people will just continue to work in healthcare out of the goodness of their own hearts, for peanuts? You wouldn't expect it of yourself but you expect it of nurses ... maybe if you clap on the doorstep loudly enough they'll listen.