Nurses in England have voted to reject the federal government’s supply of a 5.5% pay rise, the Royal Faculty of Nursing (RCN) has stated.
Members of the RCN rejected the deal by two-thirds in a file excessive turnout of round 145,000.
The pay award for 2024-2025 was introduced by the chancellor on the finish of July, shortly after Labour received the overall election.
In a letter to Well being Secretary Wes Streeting, RCN normal secretary Prof Nicola Ranger stated nursing workers had been decided to “arise for themselves, their sufferers and the NHS”.
As ministers put together to set out a brand new well being and social care agenda, Prof Ranger stated: “The federal government will discover our continued help for the reforms key to their success.”
The RCN stated the excessive turnout surpassed the extent seen in two statutory ballots for industrial motion held by the union in 2022 and 2023, the primary of which permitted six months of strike motion by nursing workers.
