Lords Bethell has rejected a declare {that a} deliberate 1% rise for nurses in England equalled a pay lower.
The well being minister stated thousands and thousands of individuals have been with out work because of the pandemic, and nurses have been “well-paid for the job” and in a safe function with “different advantages”.
He was responding to Lib Dem peer Lord Willis who stated a “honest and wise pay award” for individuals who had saved lives “ought to be a no brainer for this authorities”.