MADRID, November 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Britain’s top nurses’ union has declared a strike for December 15 and 20, which will be the first such halt in the history of the UK healthcare system.

The British Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have indicated they have no choice following the breakdown of talks with government ministers, in which they called for a five percent wage increase above the inflation rate, therefore workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will have two halts. day in December for 12 hours.

RCN Secretary General Pat Cullen has indicated that “ministers are voting to strike”: “They have the power and the means to stop this by opening serious talks to resolve our disagreements.”

“Nurses are fed up with the perceived paltry, underpaid and insecure staff, with us not being able to provide our patients with the care they deserve,” Cullen said, as the BBC compiled.

The announcement of the health strike adds to those of Scottish postal workers, university staff and school teachers, as well as workers in the rail sector.

Although unions have signaled there are no plans for a general strike, some have spoken of coordinating action to maximize disruption and political impact.

The economic impact of the strike remains uncertain, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), whose growth figures previously estimated the impact of closures such as Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in September, The Guardian reported.