Nursing union to consult members over new pay offer

Nurses successful Scotland are to beryllium consulted connected the Scottish government's latest wage offer, their national has announced.

The connection would mean a wage emergence of 11.3% for the lowest paid and an mean emergence of 7.5%, the authorities said erstwhile it outlined the connection past week.

The Royal College of Nursing said astatine the clip the connection was "credible" but "still falls short".

It volition present inquire its members whether to judge the deal.

The national said it was making nary proposal connected whether they should bash so.

According to the Scottish government, the woody would spot NHS workers successful Scotland stay the champion paid successful the UK, with workers getting wage rises ranging from £2,205 to £2,660 depending connected what set they are in.

The RCN has been asking for wage rises of astatine slightest 5% supra inflation, which is presently 11.1%.

But Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said the latest connection was his "best and final" one.

Julie Lamberth, the chairwoman of the RCN Scotland board, said the Scottish authorities had "repeatedly failing to recognise the objective skill, expertise and enactment of registered nurses".

She said nary of the wage offers made truthful acold would pull much radical into nursing oregon clasp nurses who were reasoning of leaving the profession.

Ms Lamberth added: "If our members ballot to cull the latest revised offer, the RCN volition enactment connected the wide mandate for onslaught enactment voted for by members."

The Unite and GMB unions person some already suspended planned concern enactment successful Scotland and confirmed that the latest connection volition beryllium enactment to their NHS members successful a ballot.