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UK nurses, ambulance crews strike, straining health system

Nurses of the University College Hospital protest in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff are walking off the job in the U.K. in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country's public health system. Monday's walkout is the latest in a wave of strikes that has disrupted Britons' lives for months as workers demand pay raises to keep pace with double-digit inflation. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen, foreground, on the picket line outside Great Ormond Street Hospital, during a strike by nurses and ambulance staff, in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff are walking off the job in the U.K. in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country's public health system. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP) Nurses of the University College Hospital protest in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff are walking off the job in the U.K. in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country's public health system. Monday's walkout is the latest in a wave of strikes that has disrupted Britons' lives for months as workers demand pay raises to keep pace with double-digit inflation. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Nurses of the University College Hospital protest in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff are walking off the job in the U.K. in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country's public health system. Monday's walkout is the latest in a wave of strikes that has disrupted Britons' lives for months as workers demand pay raises to keep pace with double-digit inflation. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) A protestor with a megaphone shouts slogans in front of Big Ben as nurses of the nearby St. Thomas' Hospital protest in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff are walking off the job in the U.K. in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country's public health system. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Nurses of the nearby St. Thomas' Hospital protest, in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of Britain’s public health system. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Nurses of the nearby St. Thomas' Hospital stand on the picket line, in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of Britain’s public health system. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Nurses of the nearby St. Thomas' Hospital stand on the picket line, in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of Britain’s public health system. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) A protestor with a megaphone shouts slogans in front of Big Ben as nurses of the nearby St. Thomas' Hospital protest in London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of Britain’s public health system. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
UK nurses, ambulance crews strike, straining health system