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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Susie Beever & Adam Dutton

Hospitals open food banks for their own staff as wages fail to live up to cost of living

Hospitals said they're opening food banks for their own staff as pay for NHS workers isn't enough to meet the growing demands of the cost of living crisis.

Skint NHS workers have been offered free food and meals at two hospitals in the West Midlands as bosses feared for staff welfare.

Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital and Walsall Manor Hospital have taken the drastic measure, which came amidst ongoing disputes with the government over pay and further strikes planned for later this week.

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