Nurses to strike for two days across England on 18-19 January

Staff will stop work at dozens of hospitals in 55 NHS trusts as pay dispute with government escalates

Nurses will strike for two days in a row at dozens of hospitals across England next month in an escalation of their pay dispute with the government.

Nurses will refuse to work at 55 different NHS trusts on 18 and 19 January, 11 more than the 44 at which they staged their first strikes on 15 and 20 December.