MORE than 400 NHS hospital staff on Merseyside have voted for strikes over pay, their union Unison warned today.

An overwhelming majority of clinical support workers across the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) backed action in the recent poll, with walkouts now “imminent” unless bosses act, it said.

The health service stipules that workers on a low-pay band should only be undertaking personal care such as supporting patients with going to the toilet, bathing and feeding.