Royal College of Nursing and Unison call on health secretary to negotiate with them to avoid action at Christmas and new year
Health unions made a dramatic offer on Saturday night to suspend a wave of planned strikes that threaten to cripple the NHS over Christmas and the New Year if ministers agree to open serious discussions over pay.
The moves by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the country’s biggest union, Unison, are the first signs of flexibility by either side in a dispute that has been deadlocked for weeks.
