The public are being urged to join a mass slow handclap in protest at a government recommendation for a 1% pay rise for NHS workers – as unions warn of possible strike action. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has set up a £35m strike fund that can be used to provide compensation for loss of earnings and campaigning should members decide to down tools. RCN chief executive and general secretary Dame Donna Kinnair condemned health minster Nadine Dorries’ claim that 1% was “the most” the government could afford , calling it “pitiful and bitterly disappointing”. Live COVID updates from the UK and across the world Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Minister defends NHS 1% pay increase And Unite, which also represents tens of thousands of health service staff, has warned it too is considering industrial action amid growing anger at the pay proposals they branded an “insult” and “hypocrisy in its greatest form”. Advertisement Some health care workers have said the proposal would see them take home about £3.50 extra per week. Ameera Sheikh, an intensive care nurse and Unite representative, said increasing living costs had left people struggling on stagnant wages – and… Read full this story
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