Increasing numbers of NHS staff are selling their annual leave in a bid to boost their wages amid the cost of living crisis. A nurse said workers are resorting to the practice "more and more" as prices of fuel and food soar.
In a poll of 1,000 staff, 150 said they had sold holiday days - accepting payment instead of the time off. Meanwhile 700 said they had taken on extra shifts.
If those figures were reflected across the NHS, thousands could be in the same situation, The Mirror reports. NHS nurse and GMB representative Holly Turner said: "People are doing it more and more.
