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Essex,9 mins

"I felt like a social worker, rather than a nurse."

Sonia Watson

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A nurse working in the south of Essex explains the pressures that NHS staff are currently experiencing, ahead of an upcoming ballot for strike action. It comes after a series of strikes being called or carried out by refuse workers, bus drivers, postal workers and railway staff. BBC Essex speaks to Anthony Johnson, a nurse working in the south of Essex, as well as Tim Roberts who is the Unison Regional Secretary for Essex.

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