Humza Yousaf has defended the Scottish Government committing a further £5 million to its climate justice fund in the same week as nurses were told "there is no more money".
The under-pressure SNP health secretary visited Wishaw General Hospital today just hours before the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced its members had become the latest NHS staff to vote for strike action.
The most recent Scottish Government pay offer is for a flat rate of £2,205 per person backdated to April - but is widely expected to be rejected.