Liverpool #NHSPay15

RN, NHSPAY15 campaigner, NU Leadership Team, follow @nurses_united #NHSPay15

[Liverpool #NHSPay15 @LiverpoolNsn]

@laurenc52907292 @MerseyPensioner Then who will look after you when you’re sick?

[j @jrc1921]

The BBC interviews a woman whose daughter had an appointment cancelled due to the nurses' strike.

'I am 100% behind the nurses, I think they're absolute legends...and it makes me angry that the government has held down their pay for years.'

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

People aren't waiting 40 hours for an ambulance because of industrial action by the RCN. They're waiting 40 hours for an ambulance because the Tories are underfunding the NHS.

[Fred Sirieix @fredsirieix1]

The #NursesStrike isn’t just about money but patient care and safety. Respect for the profession as well as adequate and safe numbers of staff in wards. It is a very hard and important job. If we don’t look after the nurses who will look after us when we are sick?

[Liverpool #NHSPay15 @LiverpoolNsn]

@LBC @TomSwarbrick1 That ‘9%’ worked out £8 a month for me, great stuff thanks

[LBC @LBC]

This caller, who witnessed nurses 'working their socks off' taking care of his brother-in-law, says 'if I were health minister, they should have got a 20% pay rise straight away'.

@TomSwarbrick1

[Liverpool #NHSPay15 @LiverpoolNsn]

@LBC @NickFerrariLBC The cold drops your immune system so you’re more likely to ‘catch’ something/become ill

[YouGov @YouGov]

Tens of thousands of nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are on the first of two day-long strikes over pay

Based on what you have seen or heard, do you support or oppose nurses going on strike over pay?

Support: 64%
Oppose: 28%

https://t.co/3O2DtOjpw9

[RCN Press Office @RCN_Press]

On our first day of strike action, public support for a pay rise for nursing has been immense – and new polling confirms the huge support from people all over the country. The public know when we speak, we speak for patients.

[Liverpool #NHSPay15 @LiverpoolNsn]

I’d love to have enough time to have a cup of tea on shift, invite her to my workplace she can join me for my shift 👍🏼 #NHSStrike #NHSWorkersNeedAPayrise #nursestrike #RCN #RCNStrike #FairPayforNursing

[Talk @TalkTV]

TalkTV's Isabel Oakeshott says nurses are not angels: "There's a lot of standing around drinking tea". What is your response?

[mandiewelch @mandiewelch3]

This is Tom outside our hospital today ….. brought tears to my eyes #FairPayforNursing

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

Giving nurses the pay increase they're calling for would cost around £1.8 billion per year.

Scrapping the non-dom tax avoidance scheme used by the super-rich would raise much more - around £3.2 billion per year.

The Tory refusal to pay nurses properly is a political choice.

[NHS Nurses @SocialistNHS]

I'm an NHS nurse and today for the first time in my career I'm on strike

I'm striking for fair pay.
I'm striking to protect my patients.
I'm striking to save the NHS.

Please fight with us for our NHS. #FairPayforNursing #NursesStrike

[Katy RN, DTN, BSN @Katynurse27]

On the picket since 7am.

#RCNStrike

[Merseyside Pensioners Association @MerseyPensioner]

Great #solidarity in #Liverpool for the #NursesStrike. Here they give passionate accounts of their action from the picket line. They are #inspirational. #Nursing #nurse #FairPayforNursing #CostOfLivingCrisis @LiverpoolNsn @theRCN @Unite_NorthWest @RMTunion @UnisonMtBranch

[Liverpool #NHSPay15 @LiverpoolNsn]

What a great picket yesterday for the nurses, many on their day off supporting other staff. Thank you to @RCNNorthWest for their support and helping everything go smoothly. See you next week! #RCNStrike #RCN #NHSStrike #NursesStrike #nurses #FairPayforNursing

[RCN London @RCNLondon]

Across the river from the @UKParliament nursing staff are making their voices heard.

It's time for #FairPayForNursing.

#RCNStrike

[Vital Signs Magazine @HealthWorkersU1]

Getting ready for tomorrow!
@NurseSayNO