Education secretary Gillian Keegan has brushed off reports of nurses having to turn to food banks because of the cost of living crisis, saying they need emergency help because they have suffered a ‘broken…relationship or boiler’.
Education secretary Gillian Keegan said health workers who need emergency help usually do so because they have suffered a ‘broken…relationship or boiler’.is expected to announce its first strike in 106 yearsMore than 300,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing could walk out after a ballot over a below inflation pay deal.
Ms Keegan, who previously served as a junior health minister, said ‘of course’ she clapped for NHS staff during the pandemic but said there ‘isn’t any point’ in going on strike during a Sky News appearance. Asked about the upcoming ballot announcement, she added: ‘I don’t think there’s any point in going on strike.
Essential services would continue to operate but the disruption would add to the record-breaking treatment backlog still hanging over from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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