Nurses have entered a crucial pay review process with "good grace" but remain "not afraid to strike" in the future, the head of their professional body has warned.
Professor Nicola Ranger, general secretary and chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), indicated that targeted industrial action could be launched against NHS trusts that fail to fairly uplift the pay of Band 5 nurses.
Professor Ranger described the government's commitment to review every Band 5 nursing role in England as the "best opportunity to elevate nursing in decades".
