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Why the NHSpay15 campaign is more important than ever
The plight of the underpaid and overworked staff must be recognised and put at the heart of any strategy to save and rebuild our NHS, explains HELEN O’CONNOR
NHS workers march from St Thomas’ Hospital to Downing Street, London, to demand a pay rise

WITH a second wave of coronavirus on the horizon and hospital admissions rising, NHS nurses and health workers will once again be in the eye of the storm as they provide life-saving care and treatment to those most seriously unwell with coronavirus.

The first peak of the pandemic has already taken an enormous physical and psychological toll on NHS staff and they believed that this government would reward their unique and vital contribution to society.

These health staff are heading onto the front line of the second wave of this virus feeling utterly betrayed by a government which chose to deliberately overlook them in the last announcement on public-sector pay.

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