British Prime Minister Sunak after emergency meeting on health: “A strong and radical approach is needed”

Also, nurses and paramedics went on strike. They are demanding higher wages to meet the massive price hikes. Tomorrow the British government will also meet the trade unions to ask for an end to strikes in health services, but also in other sectors.

RCN, the most important union in the health sector, underlines that the ball is in the premier’s court. “The money has to be put on the table,” says trade unionist Pat Cullen. Sunak made it clear Wednesday that addressing NHS issues is one of his government’s five priorities. But in an interview with the BBC today, Sunak declined to say whether a wage increase is possible this year, which is a union request.