NHS nurses have been striking outside Royal Bournemouth hospital since 07:30 this morning and they plan to stay for 12 hours.
The Royal College of Nursing is asking for high wages as many nurses are quitting for better paid work, which leaves the NHS 'under-staffed' and 'unsafe'
Rory Fletcher, a nurse at Royal Bournemouth Hospital, said: "This has been years in the making..."
Before the strikes in recent months, nurses had not taken industrial action in over 100 years.
Mr Fletcher said: "...But the reason we are here today is we've got nurses that are overworked, we cannot safely or effectively look after patients on the ward anymore.:
He added: "We need investment to maintain the nurses that we've got and to fill the vacancies we have."
The crossroads by Royal Bournemouth Hospital was noisy with support from cars beeping their horns in support for the NHS nurses.
Mr Fletcher led a lot of chants with his fellow nurse and passers-by joined in.
The public support for the NHS very clear.
Mr Fletcher said: "I think the public can be a little bit more mindful about their use of public services, think 'do you need an ambulance?'
Whilst nurses will not be striking again this month, ambulance staff will be striking on the 10th and the 20th.
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