Staff with expert view of NHS crisis to strike over pay and staffing

Several hundred staff working for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) are taking strike action today (Tuesday) over pay and staffing, says their union UNISON.
The strike will be followed by four days when the NICE employees, who belong to UNISON and are based in Manchester and London, will work to rule.
This means the staff, who advise the NHS on the best drugs and treatments available for patients, will only work the hours set out in their contracts and refuse any overt