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Nurses hold biggest strike in NHS history

Nurses in England, Wales & Northern Ireland have begun the first of two day-long strikes

This morning, nurses throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland did something few thought they'd ever do. They walked off hospital wards, clinics and operating theatres to go on strike. Today鈥檚 Nick Robinson spoke to the nurses鈥� union leader, Pat Cullen, and the Health Minister Maria Caulfield, as well as hearing about a patients whose appointment has been rescheduled.

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