NURSING staff across St Helens and Whiston are among those in the UK who have voted to take strike action over pay levels and patient safety concerns, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has confirmed.

Action will take place in the NHS trusts or health boards that have met the relevant legal requirements, the union said in a statement.

Many of the biggest hospitals in England will see strike action by RCN members but others narrowly missed the legal turnout thresholds to qualify for action.

All NHS employers in Northern Ireland and Scotland will be included and all bar one in Wales met the relevant legal thresholds.

Nurses have voted to take action at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Alder Hey Children's Hospital along with other major hospitals in the north west (see full list below).

Elsewhere, Guys and St Thomas in London, opposite the House of Commons, appears in the list as well as other leading hospitals in capital cities of the UK – the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, University Hospital Wales in Cardiff and Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

This is the first statutory ballot on industrial action across the UK in the 106-year history of the Royal College of Nursing.

 

The union added that the results for each NHS employer are analysed individually in what is known as a "disaggregated" ballot.

Industrial action is expected to begin before the end of this year and the RCN’s mandate to organise strikes runs until early May 2023, six months after members finished voting.

Nursing staff were balloted following NHS Agenda for Change pay announcements earlier this year, "which left experienced nurses 20 per cent worse off in real-terms compared to ten years earlier", the RCN said.

In the last year, 25,000 nursing staff around the UK left the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register, it added.

The RCN added that poor pay contributes to staff shortages across the UK, affecting patient safety. There are 47,000 unfilled registered nurse posts in England’s NHS alone.

The Fair Pay for Nursing campaign is calling for a pay rise of 5% above inflation (measured by RPI).

RCN general secretary and chief executive Pat Cullen said: “Anger has become action – our members are saying enough is enough.

"The voice of nursing in the UK is strong and I will make sure it is heard. Our members will no longer tolerate a financial knife-edge at home and a raw deal at work.

“Ministers must look in the mirror and ask how long they will put nursing staff through this.

"While we plan our strike action, next week’s Budget is the UK government’s opportunity to signal a new direction with serious investment. Across the country, politicians have the power to stop this now and at any point.

“This action will be as much for patients as it is for nurses. Standards are falling too low and we have strong public backing for our campaign to raise them. This winter, we are asking the public to show nursing staff you are with us.”

Royal College of Nursing members working on Agenda for Change contracts have, in accordance with thresholds, mandated strike action in the following employers.

 

 

 

Region

Employer Name

 

East Midlands

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

 

East Midlands

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB (Joined Up Care Derbyshire)

 

East Midlands

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB

 

East Midlands

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

 

East Midlands

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

 

East Midlands

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

 

East Midlands

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

 

East Midlands

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

 

East Midlands

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

 

 

Eastern

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

 

Eastern

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Eastern

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

Eastern

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

Eastern

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

 

Eastern

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

 

Eastern

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

 

Eastern

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

 

Eastern

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

 

Eastern

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

 

Eastern

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB

 

Eastern

NHS Mid and South Essex ICB

 

Eastern

NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB

 

Eastern

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB

 

 

 

 

London

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

 

London

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

 

London

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

 

London

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

 

London

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

London

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

London

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

 

London

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

 

London

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

London

NHS North Central London ICB

 

London

NHS South West London ICB

 

London

NHS Resolution

 

 

 

 

 

North West

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Found Trust

 

North West

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Found Trust

 

North West

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

 

North West

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Midlands and Lancashire CSU

 

North West

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Found Trust

 

North West

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership

 

North West

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

 

North West

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

 

North West

Health Education England

 

North West

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

 

North West

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB

 

North West

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

 

 

Northern

North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust

 

Northern

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

 

Northern

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

 

Northern

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

 

Northern

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

 

Northern

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Northern

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Northern

North of England CSU (NECS)

 

 

 

 

South East

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

 

South East

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

South East Coast Ambulance Service

 

South East

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

NHS Kent and Medway ICB

 

South East

NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB

 

South East

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

 

South East

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

Solent NHS Trust

 

South East

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

 

South East

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

 

 

South West

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

 

South West

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Found Trust

 

South West

Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

North Bristol NHS Trust

 

South West

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

 

South West

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)

 

South West

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

 

South West

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

 

South West

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

 

South West

NHS Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB (BSW Together)

 

South West

NHS Devon ICB (One Devon)

 

South West

NHS Dorset ICB (Our Dorset)

 

South West

NHS Gloucestershire ICB (One Gloucestershire)

 

 

 

 

West Midlands

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

 

West Midlands

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

 

West Midlands

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

West Midlands

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

 

West Midlands

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

 

West Midlands

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

 

West Midlands

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

 

West Midlands

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

West Midlands

Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust

 

West Midlands

NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB (BSol ICB)

 

West Midlands

NHS Black Country ICB

 

 

 

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

NHS England

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

 

Yorkshire & The Humber

NHS West Yorkshire ICB

 

Wales

 

 

 

Wales

 Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

 

Wales

Powys Teaching Local Health Board

 

Wales

Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust Headquarters

 

Wales

Hywel Dda University Health Board

 

Wales

Swansea Bay University Health Board

 

Wales

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

 

Wales

Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board

 

Wales

Velindre NHS Trust

 

Wales

Public Health Wales

 

Wales

Health Education and Improvement Wales Health Authority

 

Wales

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

 

Wales

 Digital Health and Care Wales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scotland

Scotland

NHS Borders

Scotland

NHS Education For Scotland

Scotland

NHS Fife

Scotland

NHS National Services Scotland

Scotland

NHS Shetland

Scotland

NHS Western Isles

Scotland

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

NHS Orkney

Scotland

NHS Golden Jubilee

Scotland

NHS 24

Scotland

The State Hospitals Board for Scotland

Scotland

NHS Grampian

Scotland

NHS Tayside

Scotland

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

Scotland

The Highland Council

Scotland

Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Scotland

Public Health Scotland

Scotland

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Scotland

Scottish Ambulance Service

Scotland

NHS Lothian

Scotland

NHS Lanarkshire

Scotland

NHS Highland

Scotland

NHS Forth Valley

 

 

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council

Northern Ireland

Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland

Western Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland

Business Services Organisation

Northern Ireland

Regulation & Quality Improvement Authority

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service

Northern Ireland

Public Health Agency

Northern Ireland

Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service