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• RCN and train drivers’ union dispute ministers’ claims about their strikes

  30-04-2023 19:59
  
  Nurses union head clashes with Steve Barclay over plans to protect patients and RMT rows with Mark Harper about striking on eve of Eurovision finalThe Royal College of Nursing has clashed with the government over whether sufficient exemptions have been made to protect patient safety during the nurses’ strike in England that is due to start on Sunday night.The clash came as a row erupted between the the leader of the train drivers’ union and the transport secretary, who had criticised
  
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• Nursing union rejects minister’s claim over patient safety exemptions in strike

  30-04-2023 14:56
  
  RCN chief says measures agreed for ‘really acute urgent services’ in England after transport secretary alleges patients ‘clearly’ at riskThe Royal College of Nursing has clashed with the government over whether sufficient exemptions have been made to protect patient safety during the nurses’ strike in England that is due to start on Sunday night.The general secretary of the RCN, Pat Cullen, said nurses had worked “tirelessly” to make sure their strike wo
  
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