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Furious health workers threaten strikes against 1% rise ‘insult’
Health Minister Nadine Dorries insisted 1 per cent was all the government could ‘afford’
Digital ad board outside the Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, by the Royal College of Nursing in response to the government's NHS pay proposal
HEALTH unions responded to the “insult” of a 1 per cent pay rise for nurses and other NHS staff with the threat of strike action today.
On the heels of a £30 billion cut to NHS funding, the government announced today that it would be enforcing a real-terms pay cut by tying the hands of the service’s pay-review body — provoking fury from health service workers and unions.
An emergency meeting of the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) leadership voted unanimously to set up a £35 million industrial action fund, while the Unite union said it would be considering balloting members for action.
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