If nurses say they need help to keep us safe and better pay to live, I think we should listen. That’s why you’ll find me on the picket line
When my daughter was born more than eight weeks early, and lived in the hospital for her first six weeks in 2011, nurses helped to save her life. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, a breast cancer nurse was with me every step of the way through my recovery, and we still keep in touch. Today, I live with Crohn’s disease, fibromyalgia and chronic asthma and rely on the NHS every day – that’s why I will be on the picket line supporting striking nurses.
I know the strikes might affect my care in the weeks to come, but this action is needed to keep patients like me safe. Nurses aren’t just going on strike for themselves, they are striking to preserve the NHS for all of us.
