* The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England has failed to secure a new mandate for strike action, as voter turnout fell short of the 50% required by law for strikes to go ahead.
* Nurses in England had been striking over pay and staffing concerns, disrupting the already strained National Health Service (NHS).
* The RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen will meet with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to discuss the government's plan for the NHS workforce.
* The NHS is dealing with record patient backlogs and serious staff shortages, and is facing further strikes involving doctors.
* The health minister Steve Barclay welcomed the end to disruptive strikes and called for other unions to end their strikes.
LONDON DAILY ARCHIVE
Nurses' Strike in England Halted as RCN Fails to Secure Mandate for Action
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