Humza Yousaf has pleaded with the UK Government to make more money available to avert a nursing strike which is expected to be held before the end of the year.
The Health Secretary told the Record on Wednesday that no new cash would be put on the table to end the dispute with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union.
The RCN announced that its members in the majority of NHS employers across the UK had backed industrial action. In Scotland nurses were offered a flat rate rise of £2,205, it meant a newly qualified nurse would receive around eight per cent more.
