{"id":14269,"date":"2023-04-26T11:01:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T11:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/nhs-leaders-urge-nurses-union-to-reconsider-escalation-of-strike-action\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T13:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:38:01","slug":"nhs-leaders-urge-nurses-union-to-reconsider-escalation-of-strike-action","status":"publish","type":"the-bmj-article","link":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/nhs-leaders-urge-nurses-union-to-reconsider-escalation-of-strike-action\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS leaders urge nurses\u2019 union to reconsider escalation of strike action"},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"content_type":[32],"editorial_panel":[],"channel_page":[43],"class_list":["post-14269","the-bmj-article","type-the-bmj-article","status-publish","hentry","article-type-news","channel-page-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"meta_box":{"the_bmj_article-url":"\/content\/381\/bmj.p955","the_bmj_article-description":"","the_bmj_article-the_bmj_article_image":[{"width":150,"height":150,"file":"2023\/04\/nurses_strike_2022.jpg","filesize":133970,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"nurses_strike_2022-300x194.jpg","width":300,"height":194,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":49043,"url":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/nurses_strike_2022-300x194.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"nurses_strike_2022-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":33286,"url":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/nurses_strike_2022-150x150.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"Alamy Stock Photo","camera":"","caption":"2M3EJ3P Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 15th December 2022. NHS nurses chant for fair pay outside Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital despite bitterly cold temperatures. They are on strike in a row over pay, causing a disruption to services within the health service. NHS appointments and operations have been cancelled because of the strike, with the health service running a bank holiday-style service in many areas. The RCN has been calling for a pay rise at 5% above inflation, though it has indicated it would accept a lower offer. When it submitted the 5% figure to the independent pay review bo","created_timestamp":"1671062400","copyright":"Credit: Sam Holiday \/ Alamy Stock Photo","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 15th December 2022. NHS nurses chant for fair pay outside Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital despite bitterly cold temperatures. They are on strike in a row over pay, causing a disruption to services within the heal","orientation":"1","keywords":["Nurse","Picket","Line","Nurse","Strike","Birmingham","Nurses","Picket","Line","Nurse","Strike","NHS","Strike","Birmingham","NHS","Strike","University","Hospitals","Birmingham","UHB","Strike","Pay","dispute","Winter","Strikes","2022","Birmingham","Snow","Birmingham","Winter","Cold","Morning","Cold","Weather","Freezing","Freezing","Temperatures","Freezing","Weather","Frozen","Frozen","Cars","Frozen","Weather","Ice","Iced","Cars","Icey","Icy","Roof","Tops","Rooftops","Royal","Mail","Royal","Mail","Birmingham","Royal","Mail","Centre","Birmingham","Royal","Mail","Christmas","Royal","Mail","Industrial","Action","Royal","Mail","Snow","Royal","Mail","Strike","Royal","Mail","Van","Snow","Snow","Pictures","Temperatures","Troll","of","Trondheim","Troll","of","Trondheim","Freezing","Troll","of","Trondheim","Frozen","Troll","of","Trondheim","Ice","Troll","of","Trondheim","Morning","Troll","of","Trondheim","Snow","Troll","of","Trondheim","UK","Troll","of","Trondheim","Weather","UK","Weather","Weather","Winter","Winter","Scenes"]},"ID":"14276","name":"nurses_strike_2022.jpg","path":"\/dom34810\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/nurses_strike_2022.jpg","url":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/nurses_strike_2022-150x150.jpg","full_url":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/nurses_strike_2022.jpg","title":"Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 15th December 2022. NHS nurses chant for fair pay outside Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital despite bitterly cold temperatures. They are on strike in a row over pay, causing a disruption to services within the heal","caption":"2M3EJ3P Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 15th December 2022. NHS nurses chant for fair pay outside Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital despite bitterly cold temperatures. They are on strike in a row over pay, causing a disruption to services within the health service. NHS appointments and operations have been cancelled because of the strike, with the health service running a bank holiday-style service in many areas. The RCN has been calling for a pay rise at 5% above inflation, though it has indicated it would accept a lower offer. When it submitted the 5% figure to the independent pay review bo","description":"","alt":"Nurses strike in December 2022","srcset":false}],"the_bmj_article-related_articles":[{"article_type":"","related_article_title":"","related_article_url":""}],"the_bmj_article-journal_name":""},"head_tags":[{"tag":"title","content":"NHS leaders urge nurses\u2019 union to reconsider escalation of strike action | The BMJ"},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"robots","content":"max-image-preview:large"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"canonical","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/nhs-leaders-urge-nurses-union-to-reconsider-escalation-of-strike-action\/"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"generator","content":"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.6.2"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:locale","content":"en_GB"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:site_name","content":"The BMJ | The BMJ: leading general medical journal. Research. Education. Comment"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:type","content":"article"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:title","content":"NHS leaders urge nurses\u2019 union to reconsider escalation of strike action | The BMJ"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:url","content":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/nhs-leaders-urge-nurses-union-to-reconsider-escalation-of-strike-action\/"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"article:published_time","content":"2023-04-26T11:01:32+00:00"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"article:modified_time","content":"2023-04-26T13:38:01+00:00"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:card","content":"summary"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:title","content":"NHS leaders urge nurses\u2019 union to reconsider escalation of strike action | The BMJ"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"application\/rss+xml","title":"The BMJ \u00bb Feed","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/feed\/"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"application\/rss+xml","title":"The BMJ \u00bb Comments Feed","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/comments\/feed\/"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","title":"oEmbed (JSON)","type":"application\/json+oembed","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/oembed\/1.0\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbmj-chicken.bmj.com%2Fthebmj%2Fthe-bmj-article%2Fnhs-leaders-urge-nurses-union-to-reconsider-escalation-of-strike-action%2F"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","title":"oEmbed (XML)","type":"text\/xml+oembed","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/oembed\/1.0\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbmj-chicken.bmj.com%2Fthebmj%2Fthe-bmj-article%2Fnhs-leaders-urge-nurses-union-to-reconsider-escalation-of-strike-action%2F&format=xml"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","title":"JSON","type":"application\/json","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/the-bmj-article\/14269"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"EditURI","type":"application\/rsd+xml","title":"RSD","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/xmlrpc.php?rsd"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"generator","content":"WordPress 6.9.4"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"shortlink","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/?p=14269"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:locale","content":"en_GB"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:site_name","content":"The BMJ"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:title","content":"NHS leaders urge nurses\u2019 union to reconsider escalation of strike action"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:url","content":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/nhs-leaders-urge-nurses-union-to-reconsider-escalation-of-strike-action\/"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:type","content":"article"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:description","content":"The BMJ: leading general medical journal. Research. Education. Comment"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:title","content":"NHS leaders urge nurses\u2019 union to reconsider escalation of strike action"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:url","content":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/nhs-leaders-urge-nurses-union-to-reconsider-escalation-of-strike-action\/"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:description","content":"The BMJ: leading general medical journal. Research. Education. Comment"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:card","content":"summary_large_image"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/the-bmj-article\/14269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/the-bmj-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/the-bmj-article"}],"type":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/the-bmj-article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14269"},{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_type?post=14269"},{"taxonomy":"editorial-panel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editorial_panel?post=14269"},{"taxonomy":"channel-page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/channel_page?post=14269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}