Speaking ahead of the NHS pay award announcement expected tomorrow, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said:
“With inflation already at 11.7 per cent and set to soar even higher later this year, staff will find yet another real-terms fall in salaries completely unacceptable.
“There are tens of thousands of vacant nurse jobs and unfair treatment will push more out of the profession.
“Our members in Scotland have an offer on the table of the level reported, and we have come out against it – asking members to reject it and consider industrial action if ministers do not move.
“Nursing is a highly-skilled profession which deserves fair pay. Their work and current personal hardship warrants better from government, and ministers must do the right thing by nursing.”
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