'We all know that when governments choose to find money, they can find it'
Dr Iain Kennedy, chair of the British Medical Association in Scotland, told the Record: "We don't believe there is absolutely no more money".
But SNP ministers are also facing the prospect of unprecedented strike action across the NHS after three unions representing nurses last month rejected the government's latest pay offer. "I believe that if there was a will to find the money, it could be found. We don't believe there is absolutely no more money."I believe the majority of the public would support the government in addressing pay and pensions in the NHS."
"I have a very good working relationship with him and I know that he shares many of my concerns and the concerns of the BMA. "The SNP's disregard for staff will drive people out of the NHS, worsen the existing workforce crisis, and pile yet more pressure on dangerously overstretched services." "NHS staff have gone above and beyond in the last few years to keep us all safe, yet they are now being let down.A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “We have already undertaken an Emergency Budget review in recent months to explore every option to deliver fair pay uplifts for NHS and other public sector staff this year. This has included having to find over £400m of savings in health spending to go directly toward NHS staff pay.
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