Striking nurses hit out at health secretary’s ‘nonsense’ claims patients would suffer from pay rise

NHS staff were cheered on by ongoing vehicles as they gathered outside the Prime Minister’s door demanding an adequate pay rise

Striking nurses have accused the health secretary of speaking “nonsense” after he warned patients would suffer if they were given a pay rise.

Health workers on a protest march to Downing Street argued that if the government has “billions of pounds to waste” on the Track and Trace app and useless PPE - they can help hard-working NHS staff.

It comes after Steve Barclay told the Independent any boost to wages would “take billions of pounds away from where we need it most”.