A representative of the Royal College of Nursing has said that the Welsh Government's offer of a one-off payment "doesn't cut it" for their members. It comes after pay negotiations took place on Thursday, January 12, but no agreement was reached.
During an interview with BBC Radio Wales Breakfast show with Oliver Hides on Friday morning, the associate director of the Royal College of Nursing Wales, Nicky Hughes, said that the one-off payment offered by the government would go "nowhere" and that the union was still calling for a "restorative payment award" for its members.
According to a report published by the Financial Times on Thursday, the Welsh Government are seeking to end the NHS strikes in Wales with a one-off payment worth about £1,000 to all health service staff. According to the newspaper, the move could "heap pressure" on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is "grappling with the worst wave of UK strikes in decades", to follow suit in England.
