THOUSANDS of health service staff and their supporters will take to the streets nationwide on Saturday calling for NHS workers to get a 15 per cent pay rise.

From Derby to Dorset, Bristol to Brighton and Newcastle to Norwich, nurses and other health workers will march in support of a pay increase which has been repeatedly denied them by the government.

The government excluded NHS staff from a public service pay increase last month, using the excuse that their existing pay agreement does not expire until April next year.