Nurses 'really angry and upset' at NHS pay award - RCN

Nurses and healthcare support workers are "really angry and upset" at being offered a 3% pay rise and may consider industrial action, a union has said.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the pay rise was a recognition of the "extraordinary efforts" of NHS workers.

But the Royal College of Nursing had called for a 12.5% pay increase – and its England director, Patricia Marquis, told BBC Newsnight it makes its members not feel "valued for what they do".

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