This is a second wave of protests over pay and staffing levels with more than 2,000 appointments and procedures have been cancelled, including a number of elective caesarean operations.
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Nurses at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital as the RCN take strike action. About 9,000 nurses across Northern Ireland have begun a 12-hour strike. The action began at 8am on Wednesday in a second wave of protests over pay and staffing levels | Laura Davison/Pacemaker Press
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Nurses at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital as the RCN take strike action. About 9,000 nurses across Northern Ireland have begun a 12-hour strike. The action began at 8am on Wednesday in a second wave of protests over pay and staffing levels | Laura Davison/Pacemaker Press
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Nurses at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital as the RCN take strike action. About 9,000 nurses across Northern Ireland have begun a 12-hour strike. The action began at 8am on Wednesday in a second wave of protests over pay and staffing levels | Laura Davison/Pacemaker Press
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Nurses at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital as the RCN take strike action. About 9,000 nurses across Northern Ireland have begun a 12-hour strike. The action began at 8am on Wednesday in a second wave of protests over pay and staffing levels | Laura Davison/Pacemaker Press