A fresh strike will take place this month by NHS workers including midwives and nurses in a row over pay.

The four-hour walkout will take place across hospitals on November 24 in protest at a lack of pay rise for NHS staff.

The strike on October 13 was the first by NHS staff in 30 years and the first time midwives had gone on strike.

Christina McAnea, UNISON head of health, said: "For many in the NHS, last month’s strike was a first.

“The next industrial action will be bigger as more unions will be joining it. Jeremy Hunt needs to listen to NHS workers who feel this Government is treating them with contempt.

"NHS workers are overworked and underpaid. Most patients would be shocked to know that one in five of the NHS workers who care for them need to do a second job just to survive and many have to borrow money every month to make ends meet or resort to foodbanks."

A Department of Health spokesman responded by saying the government could not afford pay rises year on year.

He said: "We are disappointed by this decision - NHS staff are our greatest asset and we want to make the current pay system fairer, which is why we have put forward proposals that would ensure all staff would get at least a 1% pay rise this year and next, but these have been rejected by the unions.

"We have been clear that we can't afford a consolidated pay rise in addition to increments without risking frontline jobs."