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Thousands of patients could have appointments or surgeries canceled or postponed when nurses go on strike later this year. At least 177 NHS organizations across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be hit when nurses strike after an unprecedented vote to act for more pay. Staff at many of England’s biggest hospitals will go on strike, although some trusts “narrowly missed” the turnout threshold for a legal ballot. NHS hospitals across the country are now making plans. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) says emergency care will be maintained to save life or prevent permanent disability, but non-urgent care is likely to be cut. The union is campaigning for a pay rise of 5 per cent above RPI inflation to overcome what it says are wage cuts in real terms. He says thousands of “burnt out, underpaid nursing staff” have left the profession. Figures show nursing vacancies are at an all-time high of 47,000, meaning staff are overstretched and regularly working past their shifts. Among the hospitals where care is to suffer is St Thomas’ Hospital in London, opposite the House of Commons. Here’s the full list:
England
University Hospital Cambridge NHS Foundation Trust Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals of Nottingham NHS Trust Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Found the NHS trust of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Clatterbridge NHS Cancer Center found the trust The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Wirral Community Health and Care Foundation Trust NHS Trust found in Wirral NHS University Teaching Hospital Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust The Walton Center NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust South East Coast Ambulance Service Sussex NHS Community Foundation Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Solent NHS Trust Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Devon Partnership NHS Trust South West Ambulance Service NHS Found Trust Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North Bristol NHS Trust Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Royal Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust The Royal Orthopedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust NHS Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield Children’s NHS Trust (Getty Images)
Wales
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Powys Teaching Local Health Board NHS Ambulance Services Wales Central Trust Offices Hywel Dda University Health Board Swansea Bay University Health Board Cwm Taff Morgannwg University Health Board Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board Velindre NHS Trust
Scotland
NHS Borders NHS Education for Scotland NHS Fife NHS National Services Scotland NHS Shetland NHS Western Isles NHS Dumfries and Galloway NHS Orkney NHS Golden Jubilee NHS 24 The State Hospitals Council for Scotland Grampian NHS NHS Tayside NHS Ayrshire and Arran Highland Council Improving Health Care Scotland Public Health Scotland NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Scottish Ambulance Service NHS Lothian NHS Lanarkshire NHS Highland NHS Forth Valley
North Ireland
Practice and Education Council Southern Health and Social Care Trust Western Health and Social Care Trust Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Business Services Organization Regulation & Quality Improvement Authority Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service Public Health Organization Northern Health and Social Care Trust South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust Northern Ireland Ambulance Service