Fury as nursing union tells medics to lobby patients to support strike

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46% :Read more: Woman's fury after having to strap her Army veteran grandfather, 89, to a WOODEN PLANK to get him to hospital with a broken hip after being told there were 'no ambulances' availableAdvertisementA Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said Mr Barclay 'again listened to the RCN's position on pay and reiterated the Government has agreed to the recommendations of the independent pay review body'.'He said that any further pay increase would mean taking money away from frontline services and reducing the 7.2 million elective backlog,' the official added.'Mr Barclay said he would continue to engage with the RCN as we move into the pay review process for next year and on non-pay related issues.'

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