Nurses in England reject offer of 5.5% pay rise

Nurses successful England person voted to cull the government's connection of a 5.5% wage rise, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said.

Members of the RCN rejected the woody by two-thirds successful a grounds precocious turnout of astir 145,000.

The wage grant for 2024-2025 was announced by the chancellor astatine the extremity of July, soon aft Labour won the wide election.

In a missive to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, RCN wide caput Prof Nicola Ranger said nursing unit were determined to “stand up for themselves, their patients and the NHS”.

As ministers hole to acceptable retired a caller wellness and societal attraction agenda, Prof Ranger said: "The authorities volition find our continued enactment for the reforms cardinal to their success."

The RCN said the precocious turnout surpassed the level seen successful 2 statutory ballots for concern enactment held by the national successful 2022 and 2023, the archetypal of which permitted six months of onslaught enactment by nursing staff.

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