For the first time ever members of the Scotland's largest nursing union has voted to strike over a dispute over pay.
This comes as union members have rejected the Scottish government's revised pay offer of a flat rate of £2,205 per person. As the trade union accused the government of not listening to the concerns of staff working in the NHS, the Scottish government have said that there is no new money available.
As PA news agency reports, a national health leader has said that NHS hospitals will do all they can to “minimise harm to patients” if nurses go on strike, adding that industrial action is about more than pay.
