A Northumberland nurse has said the Government's proposed plan to give NHS staff a 3% pay rise this year is "an insult after everything we've been through".
Pointing not just to the stress of the pandemic, but also to the worsening cost-of-living crisis, the community nurse - who asked to be known only as Sophie - said they knew of colleagues who had been forced to rely on food banks to get by.
Sophie, a member of the trade union UNISON, said that, given the level of inflation, the 3% offer as "in reality a significant pay cut".
