Government says nurses pay claim not deliverable

Workers at around half of hospitals have backed industrial action that would cause thousands of operations to be cancelled

I’m Paul Hutton with news that Downing Street says plans for a nurses’ strike are "deeply regrettable" and that the pay demand - which comes with a £9 billion price tag - is “not deliverable”. Workers at around half of hospitals have backed industrial action that would cause thousands of operations to be cancelled. Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, has been unable to say that he would have offered such a pay rise given the current constraints on public finances. For more care news stay with us here at Care Radio. 

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