Patients will suffer as NHS not prepared for strike: managers This is bad enough but problems will be exacerbated with every day that passes without reliable information. The May 10 walkout will be the biggest day of action since last November's stoppage by more than 1.5 million public sector employees. Unite today urged Health Secretary Andrew Lansley to call in the conciliation service Acas to help resolve the pensions dispute. Head of health, Rachael Maskell said in a letter to the minister: "With over 94% of our members rejecting your pension proposals, having been appraised of the detail of the final proposed agreement, Unite members urgently want to see the Government listening to their real concerns of the real impact of paying more and getting less in their pensions. On top of this, our members have real clinical and service concerns about their patient and personal safety in working above 65 years old, and believe that we should discuss these concerns with you immediately. Unite has suspended its industrial action by health workers in Scotland after the Holyrood Government agreed to fresh talks on the NHS pension scheme. The union, which has 100,000 members in the health service, including 15,000 in Scotland, urged the Westminster Government to follow suit.