General Secretary at the Royal College of Nursing, Pat Cullen is speaking at the RCN Congress in Brighton and said 'the health secretary emailed late last night' asking to meet her. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Pat Cullen has previously advised her members to accept an offer of 5%, but this was rejected despite being accepted by 14 other unions, and this is raised by cabinet minister Grant Shapps, who describes her changed stance as"rather confusing".Why you can trust Sky News
Speaking to Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme, cabinet minister Grant Shapps said:"I find this a very curious story indeed because Pat Cullen just recently was encouraging her members to settle for the pay rise that was put on the table."I thought this was a great settlement. Asked if a double-digit pay rise was achievable, she said:"There is nothing unrealistic about what nursing staff are asking for."The only way that we are going to resolve this dispute is to listen to their voice and make sure this pay dispute is resolved, for patients as much as it is for the profession."
"They [ministers] owe that to nursing staff not to push them to have to do another six months of industrial action right up to Christmas," she said ahead of Sunday's RCN congress in Brighton, telling Health Secretary Steve Barclay talks needed to"start off in double figures"."It's not right for patients. But whose responsibility is it to resolve it? It is this government.
Fourteen other unions have accepted the government's 5% offer, including Unison, the NHS's biggest union. Others like Unite continue to seek a better offer.Earlier this month: Nurse strikes could go 'right up to Christmas'
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