Strikes update: How nurses' strikes on Thursday will affect you

Nurses in England are walking out for the second day in a row on Thursday as part of a row over pay.

The key advice is that if you are seriously injured or ill then call 999 as usual. If it's not urgent then call 111.

GP practices will also run as normal as nurses working in those services are not involved in the strike action.

In total, around a quarter of hospitals and community services are affected by the strikes at 55 Trusts in England.

All nurses in intensive and emergency care are expected to work, as life preserving care must be maintained.

Welsh ambulance workers are also striking on Thursday, but emergency calls will be covered.

Strike action from teachers also continues in Scotland, and bus drivers in south and west London will walk out on Thursday.

You can read more or watch this report about why people are taking strike action, and below you can find information on how it could affect you.

• Strike dates: Who is striking in January and what are their pay claims?

Nurses' strikes in England

The nurses' strike by Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members on Wednesday and Thursday follows two days of action before Christmas.

• NHS strikes: Why are nurses and ambulance staff taking industrial action?

What you need to know about Thursday:

• Services, such as some cancer treatments or urgent testing, may be partially staffed

• More routine care is likely to be badly affected, including planned operations such as knee and hip replacements, community nursing services and health visiting

• Anyone with an appointment not already rearranged should attend at their allotted time

• GPs, community pharmacies and dentists will be unaffected

Wales ambulance strike

More than 1,000 Welsh Ambulance Service workers will strike over pay on Thursday, the Unite union said.

The strike will run for 24 hours, and there will be further action on 23 January.

Emergency calls will still be answered, the union said.

Scotland teachers' strike

On Thursday teachers in Scotland are continuing their 16-day wave of rolling strikes with every local authority affected over the period.

Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) will strike in two local authorities per day from 16 January until 6 February.

They want a 10% pay rise, which ministers and councils have said is unaffordable.

Strikes recently closed almost every primary and secondary school in Scotland across two days.

• Teachers' strikes: When and why are teachers striking?

• What are trade unions and who can go on strike?

London bus strikes

Bus drivers in south and west London are staging a round of strikes in a dispute over pay.

Members of the Unite union employed by Abellio are taking action over eight days days in January after three strike days in December.

Abellio London said it was offering a 12% pay deal, but the union said Abellio was "content to hoard mountains of cash" and called its offer "unacceptable".

The bus routes that are affected include local services to Heathrow airport.

France ferry and Eurostar strikes

Ferries between Dover and Calais will be disrupted by a strike in France.

P&O Ferries says services to and from Calais will be suspended from 07:00 GMT for nine hours.

From 16:00 GMT, a shuttle service between Dover and Calais will run until all traffic is cleared.

Dunkerque services from Dover will run as normal but passengers are being advised to allow extra time for journeys.

The strikes will affect Eurostar services too, which is running a revised timetable on Friday.

There will be cancellations between London and Paris and on services connecting London to Lille, Brussels, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

Eurostar says if a service is cancelled, it will not charge passengers for a refund, or to change their tickets for another time or date.

If someone cancels their booking, they can claim a Eurostar voucher which is valid for one year.

• Dover-Calais ferries suspended due to French strike