About 17,000 nurses at almost all health boards in Wales are striking on Thursday over pay.
'Relying more and more on bank staff'
Mr Evans described it as "gut-wrenching", but said "far more nurses than ever" had turned to agency work on top of their regular shifts "because of financial constraints"."It's about getting the numbers back into the healthcare system, taking the pressure off the staff and letting us do what we were trained to do," Mr Evans explained.
"It's utterly unprecedented but I am massively for strikes and unions so I fully support them because if the working conditions aren't right for them, then that's the only thing they can do."Melvin Williams said: "I think they need to be paid more. The head of the NHS in Wales, Judith Paget, said the biggest impact of the strike would be seen on routine care.
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