Nurses to strike as ambulance crews plan walkouts About 10,000 NHS nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are to strike for the second time in less than a week in protest over their pay.The strike involves nurses in about a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England, all health boards in Northern Ireland and all but one health board in Wales.Ms Cullen said she was "truly sorry" for every patient whose care had been disrupted because of the nursing strikes."The RCN's demands are unaffordable during these challenging times and would take money away from frontline services while they are still recovering from the impact of the pandemic," he said.Around 1,200 members of the military are being drafted in to cover the striking ambulance workers in a move unions call a "desperate measure"."