NHS workers will take strike action next week.

Picket lines will be set up at hospitals across north London on Monday from 7am to 11am.

Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, Northwick Park Hospital and St Ann’s Hospital will all be affected.

Members of union Unison are taking the action over a pay dispute with the Government, after a recommendation by the Independent Pay Review Body for a one per cent pay increase was not taken.

Other action short of strike action will also take place from Tuesday to Friday, with workers taking their contractual and statutory breaks.

Christina McAnea, Unison's head of healthcare, said: “It’s a disgrace that 70 per cent of nurses and midwives will not even get a pay rise this year – what sort of message does this give to the value this government places on dedicated NHS staff?”

Rob Webster, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which includes NHS Employers, urged staff to reconsider taking strike action.

He said: “Ahead of Monday, employers are pulling out all the stops to minimise disruption to patients and unions are co-operating with this planning ahead of the strike to ensure patients remain safe.

“I know that thousands of patients will already be anxious because important NHS services, such as ambulance cover, will be under additional pressure on the day and during the week of action short of a strike that will follow it.”