How long are nurses on strike for?

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an interview with the Independent over the weekend, Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen warned the government could face years of strikes by nurses if it did not find a way through the strikes. Healthcare workers hold placards as they demonstrate outside St Thomas' Hospital in London The strike comes after a High Court judge ruled it would be unlawful for the industrial action to continue into Tuesday 2 May as originally planned. “They don’t turn their back on patients, they will continue to do what they need to do.” Urging the public to use NHS services wisely, NHS England asked those who need non-urgent care to go to pharmacies or dial 111 as their first port of call. Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen warned strikes could go on for years if pay is not raised Here is the list of employers where strike action will be taking place: East Midlands Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Eastern Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB NHS Mid and South Essex ICB NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust London Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS North Central London ICB NHS South West London ICB Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust The Christie NHS Foundation Trust The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust Northern Country Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust North of England Commissioning Support North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust South East East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust NHS Kent and Medway ICB NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South East Coast Ambulance Service Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Solent NHS Trust South Central Ambulance Services NHS Foundation Trust Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South West Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Devon Partnership NHS Trust Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB NHS Devon ICB NHS Dorset ICB NHS Gloucestershire ICB North Bristol NHS Trust Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Somerset NHS Foundation Trust South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust West Midlands Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Midlands and Lancashire CSU Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB NHS Black Country ICB Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Yorkshire and the Humber Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust NHS North West Yorkshire ICB Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust National employers