Striking a deal for nurses

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Striking a deal for nurses

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty

Hospital corridor

Revelations of the state of Middlemore Hospital buildings adds unexpected fuel to the fire of nurses seriously considering strike action, writes Barbara Docherty

When a UK cottage hospital was due to close permanently in 1983, the nurses’ failure to be heard..led to direct action, that of occupying the hospital