Rishi Sunak has warned that the waitlist commitment will fail without an NHS pay rise as he calls for 'radical' action

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Rishi Sunak has called for 'bold and sweeping' action to resolve the NHS crisis as the head of the UK nursing union has warned he cannot meet his list waiting without addressing the pay issue.

The Prime Minister told health and social care officials at an emergency Downing Street summit on Saturday that it was a "responsibility collective" to free up hospital beds and reduce ambulance wait times.

But Ms Cullen said his promise would fail unless he gave his members a pay rise.

She warned Mr Sunak that the public would back government nurses if some were fired in a new anti-strike crackdown and claimed the next nurses' walkout would be the biggest strike ever of this type in the world. .

In an interview with The Independent, Ms Cullen also challenged ‘out of touch’ Prime Minister and Health Secretary Steve Barclay to work a 14-hour shift in crisis time- ER hit.

She said Mr Sunak could end the strikes this week if he accepted her offer to meet at mid-pay, after saying she was willing to discuss a pay raise 10% instead of 19%. originally requested.

At the critical summit to resolve the chaos engulfing England's hospitals, Mr Sunak warned health officials that 'the usual mindset will not solve the challenges we face' . England's chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty and NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard were among those summoned for the weekend's rare meeting. outside the hospital and by increasing the number of "virtual rooms". He also pointed out that a small number of NHS trusts were responsible for much of the serious problems, including long ambulance waits and waiting times for cancer care.

Downing Street has announced that it will release stimulus plans to improve ambulance and A&E wait times "in the coming weeks".

While Mr. Sunak is fighting to get the current crisis under control, Ms Cullen urged him to understand the scale of the next nurses' strike.

A 48-hour walkout in England from January 18 will involve more hospitals than similar strikes last month.

She said: "We voted for approximately 320,000 nurses and I understand this was the largest nurses' vote in the world and is the most the world's biggest nursing strike. We have also increased the number of organizations [such as NHS Trusts]. There are now 70 involved...