Hundreds of thousands of health workers walked out on strike today, many for the first time in their lives, in protest at the Government's decision not to give them a recommended 1% pay rise.
Midwives, nurses, paramedics, ambulance staff, and hospital porters and cleaners mounted picket lines across England from 7am for four hours, while action will be taken later today in Northern Ireland.
NHS staff went on strike in England and Northern Ireland today and said they will do so again next month if the government doesn't agree to a recommended one percent pay rise.
With earnings still lagging behind inflation, ITV News is looking at the issue of pay this week,
In our first report ITV News Economics Editor, Richard Edgar, examines the claims about public sector versus private sector pay rises - highlighted by today's strike
With thousands of NHS staff expected to go on strike today in a row over pay, here is a list of those hospitals affected.
A fifth of health workers have at least one extra job because they cannot survive on an NHS salary, survey reveals.