Nurse pay lagging behind public sector, union says

Pay for nurses in Wales is at a "standstill" and "lagging behind" other public sector workers, according to a union.

Nurses have been offered a 3.6% pay rise for this financial year, below the offer for other NHS staff including doctors and dentists.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Wales has asked whether "downtrodden" nurses "have got the fight in them" to go back on strike.

The Welsh government said it had accepted the recommendations made by the independent NHS pay review body in full and was working to ensure staff receive the pay increase and back pay "as soon as possible".