Some NHS Tayside health care staff could still organise strike action after the GMB union rejected an improved pay deal from the Scottish Government.
Two thirds of its members - representing ambulance staff, nurses, porters and radiographers - voted against it, which would have been an average 7.5 per cent pay uplift.
GMB Scotland senior organiser for public service Keir Greenaway said the offer “doesn’t go far enough” to help staff struggling with the cost of living crisis.