Thousands of nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland joined a 12-hour strike on Thursday in a dispute over pay.The strike was the biggest by nurses in the history of the NHS, involving around a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England alongside all trusts in Northern Ireland and all but one health board in Wales.Nurses outside Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool explain why they joined the unprecedented industrial action.

Thousands of nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland joined a 12-hour strike on Thursday in a dispute over pay.The strike was the biggest by nurses in the history of the NHS, involving around a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England alongside all trusts in Northern Ireland and all but one health board in Wales.Nurses outside Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool explain why they joined the unprecedented industrial action.