Ministers agree to pay 5% rise in England, but nurses still threatening strike action.
More than a million NHS staff in England are to get a 5% pay rise after health unions backed the deal.
Ministers said it was time to bring the strikes to an end, but three unions are still threatening to continue action. "Proper pay talks last autumn could have stopped health workers missing out on money they could ill afford to lose.Health Secretary Steve Barclay said he was pleased the offer, which was first proposed in March, had been accepted by the unions after members got to vote on it.
But it needs to carry out another ballot of its members as its six-month mandate expired at the end of Monday when its latest walkout ended.Unlike last time, the RCN is holding a national ballot rather than a series of local workplaces ones.
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