Agenda for Change: NHS Pay Restraint
Debate between Nick Thomas-Symonds and Catherine McKinnell(7 years, 10 months ago)
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Catherine McKinnell
I absolutely agree. It is hard to emphasise enough my support for people working across the NHS in increasingly challenging circumstances, without whom our health service would, quite frankly, cease to exist.
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen) (Lab)
The way to show respect for our nurses and other NHS staff is to act now to remove the cap, as has been described, and listen to the independent pay review body.
Catherine McKinnell
My hon. Friend makes an important point. It is not enough for us to state our support for our NHS workers; we must show it through real action.