Hospitals that fail to increase nurses’ pay to reflect the ‘true value’ of their work could face targeted and disruptive strikes, a union has warned.
The Royal College of Nursing said it has entered into a landmark pay review with ‘good grace’ but its members are ‘not afraid to strike’ if managers fail to act fairly.
The Government announced in February that all ‘band five’ nurses in England would have their roles assessed and be moved to a higher pay band if their duties warrant it.
Professor Nicola Ranger, the general secretary and chief executive of the RCN, described the commitment as the
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