Responding to media comments by the Health Secretary on not making changes to NHS pay, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen said:
“This is an astonishing admission from the Health Secretary - she has already decided she won’t be listening to our half a million members. Ms Coffey has her head firmly in the sand.
“Nurses and support workers hearing this will be angry but it will make them even more determined. Members should find their ballot papers today and show the Health Secretary we have a strong voice that she cannot dismiss.
“Ignoring nursing staff is akin to ignoring patients. We have overwhelming public support for the government to do what’s fair by nursing staff and what’s needed for safe patient care.”
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