“Nurses want to be able to get into the hospitals, into their communities, and look after their patients and not pushed out into the cold by this government.” @patcullen9 tells @GMB why nurses have been forced onto the picket lines. #RCNStrike #FairPayForNursing

“You will see the real value of what caring is about, what treatment is about and what this profession is about.” @patcullen9 tells the Secretary of State to come and meet nurses on the picket lines. #RCNStrike

“Today has been a tragic day for this country… it should never have got to this but it has got to this because of this government” The RCN’s PAT Cullen says nurses are struggling financially describing hearing about “the food banks they used” #bbcqt https://t.co/gYZvA5UQhr

“If we are going to do the right thing by patients and address the seven million waiting lists right across this country. Patients deserve better and our profession deserves better.” @patcullen9 speaks to @BBCBreakfast on the first day of the #RCNStrike

@theRCN @RCNNorthWest @glk_rcn we stand together, for our patients! #FairPayforNursing #SafeStaffingSavesLives 💙✊🏻 xxx

My beautiful nieces Shannon and Ursula on strike in NI. So proud of you.

I’m not ashamed to say that I spent 2 hours in tears at work yesterday. I’d had enough of being shouted at despite doing my absolute best for my patients. I’m exhausted. The system is broken. My team are broken. And now I’m planning how to pay for Christmas AND new school shoes

RCN strikes live: Nurses on the picket line in fight for fair pay https://t.co/SSxMecP05m

@alisonleary1 Govmt priority should be to save lives & reduce risk to patients with a well paid & experienced nursing workforce. 83% of shifts are understaffed. Around 1 in 8 nursing posts are vacant in England alone. In the last year, 25,000 nursing professionals left the register #RCNStrike

As I prepare to join many picket lines today, To all our nursing staff-I have utmost respect for you. Your courage to stand up and be heard for your patients will not be ignored. Shame on this Govt for leaving you out in the cold. 1st stop St Thomas Hsp. See you there colleagues

@patcullen9 @fernie0207 @rcn @debolu101 @Ah70Phil @sharonceldred @jhartin @bejoysebastian A almost total female profession shows national leadership, articulates why it won’t be bullied or disrespected, promotes the case for #SaferStaffing #PatientSafety #FairPay & this is what happens - solidarity to nurses everywhere. I still trust @patcullen9 & @theRCN to lead

@fernie0207 @rcn @debolu101 @Ah70Phil @sharonceldred @jhartin @bejoysebastian Thank you Elaine. I’m gutted to be honest. We are receiving 100’s of calls this morning with our brilliant nurses not feeling they will pay a heavy price for exercising their voice for themselves and their patients. What a way to treat our profession.

115,000 Posties 💌 80,000 Railway workers 🚆 100,000 Nurses 👩‍⚕️ 25,000 Paramedics 🚑 100,000 Civil Servants 💼 This Christmas, workers across different sectors are fighting back not just for better pay and conditions but for better public services. RT if you're with them 👊

Pat Cullen, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, tells #Newsnight that “nothing” was done today to try to avert the nurses’ strike and that the “Government has turned their back on us” https://t.co/P0zxS1Elwd

Nurse strikes: Governments express regret but no solutions https://t.co/I6eXMDnRTO

Let's keep this going 💙 Share and let the picture tell the story 💙

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Neil Diamond, who retired from performing five years ago because of Parkinsons, just had a Broadway show of him open and it at the opening night he did this

@RCNNSW2021 She is the jewel in the crown , well done Ofrah xx

Our loyal nurses have always been there for us now let’s be there for them by standing shoulder to shoulder with them & helping them to win the pay rise we all know they deserve You can show your support by printing this poster & displaying it proudly❤️ https://t.co/mKPGNGTtUO

We had another brilliant #NursingSupportWorkersDay yesterday, shining a light on and celebrating the varied and critical work that nursing support workers do. Check out our Twitter moment below for some of the highlights.