THE NURSE behind a viral video blog chronicling the plight of the NHS under the Tories urged workers inspired by her postings yesterday to join a union and build a rank-and-file movement.

Health workers in the NHS took to Twitter this weekend using the hashtag #ImInWorkJeremy to ridicule Tory Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt for giving the impression staff do not clock on at weekends.

Mr Hunt’s feted “24-hour NHS” has attracted criticism from think tanks and medics’ professional associations for being ill-thought through.

Now Medway-based nurse Jacqui Berry has become an online star for her three-minute video venting her anger at the end of a 14-hour shift.

In A Message to Jeremy Hunt, Ms Berry aid: “We already have seven-day working in the NHS. This government just doesn’t want to pay for it, while gearing up to scrap unsocial hours payment, cap our wages at 1 per cent and demand more weekend work with no additional resources.

“It’s clear what’s really going on — it’s a wholesale attack on the NHS as part of the drive for further privatisation.”

Ms Berry told the Star she had been posting videos on YouTube for the past two months because “it felt like an important forum that anti-austerity voices weren’t tapping into.

“If Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign has shown us anything, it’s how popular the anti-austerity message is.”

Intensive care specialist Ms Berry said the success of her project “tells us that working people inherently understand why the NHS is important.”

But she said it was crucial for those who appreciated the clips to get out and organise.

“First things first, I’m a trade unionist. In my previous videos I’ve always encouraged people to join a trade union, and get active.

“We need to fight to change unions, and hold the leaders to account.”

The Unison national executive member said patients had seen the clips online and had been “very positive” towards the message.

“The support I’ve had from colleagues has been really quite moving,” she added.