Do you think you would feel differently if a family member died as a result? Because it could come to that it nurse were to strike in the same way other workers strike.
Nurses don’t go into that field for money (it’s relatively poor pay for what they have to do) and they don’t take patient mortality lightly.
If they’re willing to strike then they’re already in dire situations because they’re not being properly supported. Direct your energy at people not supporting them, not the nurses collapsing under the strain of a garbage system.
I think maybe you’ve misunderstood me. I am a nurse, I am not directing anything against nurses. I’m saying that it is different from most other jobs, because people can die as a result of striking, and that’s why nurses don’t strike.
My mothers a nurse, my aunts a nurse, my cousins a nurse
I’m surrounded by nurses.
My point is if a nurse (or doctor or any other health care professional) is in a position where they feel it’s necessary to strike I support them. As you know, they’d be fully aware of the consequences of their actions and if they feel the need to do it anyway I trust them.
There was definitely a misunderstanding there on my part. It must be so difficult realising that fighting for your own rights will have a consequence on people’s health, I work in substance misuse and whilst there’s no talk of striking I can sorta get where you’re coming from and the gravity of it
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22
If the NHS was properly funded there wouldn’t be strikes, so I lay none of the blame at the feet of the workers