The Royal College of Nursing has described the offer to NHS consultants of at least six per cent as "galling" and said it increased the likelihood of fresh strikes by its members.
RCN chief nurse Prof Nicola Ranger said: "Nursing staff will be appalled by this announcement and where it leaves them. The government has shown it has the political will to reform pay for some of the highest earners in the NHS, while our members are left with the lowest pay rise in the public sector."
