Nursing union rejects minister’s claim over patient safety exemptions in strike

RCN chief says measures agreed for ‘really acute urgent services’ in England after transport secretary alleges patients ‘clearly’ at riskThe Royal College of Nursing has clashed with the government over whether sufficient exemptions have been made to protect patient safety during the nurses’ strike in England that is due to start on Sunday night.The general secretary of the RCN, Pat Cullen, said nurses had worked “tirelessly” to make sure their strike wo