NHS strikes: ‘Full and final’ pay offer made to nurses, says Tory party chair
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A “full and final” pay offer has been made to nurses, Conservative Party Chairman Greg Hands has told Sky News.
He also acknowledged further strike action would have an impact.
His comments came as the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced on Friday its members will walk out for 48 hours from 8pm on 30 April after rejecting the government’s pay offer.
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NHS nurses in emergency departments, intensive care and cancer wards will also take industrial action for the first time.
Mr Hands said: “We think that we’ve made a fair and reasonable offer,” he told the Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme on Sky News.
“It is a full and final offer. But we are waiting for the other results to come in from the other unions.
“It’s only reasonable for us during the middle of the balloting process to wait to see those further results and we’ll be laying out a response.
“We’ll obviously be meeting with the NHS staff unions as well to make sure that we can take that forward.”
He added: “Steve Barclay is always willing to talk so long as there aren’t preconditions attached, and so long as there isn’t the threat of strikes going on at the moment.”
