Northern Ireland nurses will stage the first of two walkouts later this week after a meeting between union leaders and the government ended in deadlock
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The RCN's general secretary Pat Cullen said nurses were “not getting an extra penny” despite her attending talks on Monday, three days before their first strike date in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The new deal would mean NHS workers in Scotland would remain the best-paid in the UK and workers would get pay rises ranging from £2,205 to £2,751. For the lowest paid it would be a rise of 11.3 per cent, with an average rise of 7.5 per cent.
As Monday's strike got under way, the chief executives of Northern Ireland's health trusts issued a joint statement hailing the contribution of staff during the pandemic and insisting they should be "properly rewarded for their work".
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