UK court limits nurses' strike action.

The UK government has succeeded in limiting the length of an upcoming strike by nurses after taking legal action against the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The health department argued that industrial action on May 2 would be unlawful because a vote to strike is only valid for six months after a ballot of trade union members. The RCN had called a 48-hour strike from the evening of April 30, which for the first time would involve staff from emergency departments, intensive care units, cancer care and other, previously exempt services.