health secretary
"So many doctors have left the country, or left the profession, it has become unbearable."
But the shadow health secretary said he did not support the strike.
He discussed withholding funding for a learning disability centre to pressure an MP not to rebel, leaked messages suggest
Bridgen was stripped of the Tory whip after appearing to compare Covid-19 vaccines with the Holocaust.
"Do the decent thing for these nurses," the RCN's Pat Cullen told the government.
Other countries, including the US, France and India, have also imposed testing.
Thousands of nurses across the country walked out today in the dispute over pay and conditions.
The Labour leader also backed Wes Streeting in his row with doctors' union the BMA.
“I’m sorry, you’re not getting an answer you like," the foreign secretary said.
NHS workers will walkout for two days next month as part of the ongoing dispute.