The Welsh health minister has warned that without increases to NHS pay there will be more strike action this winter. Eluned Morgan has written to the UK government's health secretary Steve Barclay, asking for additional funding for public services.
In a letter also signed by Scottish health secretary Humza Yousaf, they described the risk of industrial action this coming winter as "profound" and that the UK government needed to help "avert industrial action in any form".
Writing ahead of the autumn statement on November 17, they write: "The Royal College of Nursing have announced a sweeping legal mandate for industrial action across the UK. In Scotland, they have joined several other unions representing NHS staff in gaining a legal mandate for industrial action with ballots expected to confirm a mandate in the rest of the UK.
