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Doctors and nurses in Wales demand extra pay to match England
Junior doctors on the picket line at Cardiff's University Hospital, January 2024

CLINICIAN leaders in Wales demanded urgent action from the Welsh government on pay today following awards to NHS staff in England.

Under the Barnett formula, extra spending on the health service in England should trigger additional money for the devolved nations.

But the last Conservative government claimed that some NHS awards in England were funded by efficiency savings which denied additional funding to Wales.

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