A nurse who cared for Boris Johnson when he was seriously ill with Covid has handed in her resignation over a "lack of respect".
Jenny McGee stayed at the Prime Minister's bedside for two days when he was in intensive care in April 2020.
But she had now left the NHS over the proposed 1 per cent pay rise for health workers.
The offer has been described as a "kick in the teeth" by health unions after efforts during the pandemic.
Ms McGee made her comments in a Channel 4 documentary to be aired later this month, and have been reported by the Guardian.
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She said: "We're not getting the respect and now pay that we deserve. I'm just sick of it. So I've handed in my resignation.
"Lots of nurses felt that the government hadn’t led very effectively - the indecisiveness, so many mixed messages.
"It was just very upsetting."
Ms McGee, a lead intensive care nurse at St Thomas’ hospital, London, was named with Luis Pitarma by Mr Johnson as those who cared for him.
He praised both to the world's media after he made a full recovery from the virus.
Ms McGee, from New Zealand, claims she was also asked to part in a 'clap for carers' at the event, which she declined.
She said: "It would have been a really good photo opportunity.
"You know, kind of like Boris and his NHS friends, but I wanted to stay out of it.
"Lots of nurses felt that the government hadn’t led very effectively, the indecisiveness, so many mixed messages.
"It was just very upsetting.
"Yes, we have put ourselves on the line and we have worked so incredibly hard, and there’s a lot of talk about how we’re all heroes and all that sort of stuff.
"But at the same time, I’m just not sure if I can do it. I don’t know how much more I’ve got to give to the NHS.
In a statement released on Tuesday through Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS foundation trust, Ms McGee said: "After the toughest year of my nursing career, I'm taking a step back from the NHS but hope to return in the future.
"I'm excited to start a nursing contract in the Caribbean, before a holiday back home in New Zealand later in the year.
"I'm so proud to have worked at St Thomas' hospital and to have been part of such a fantastic team."
Mr Johnson said it "could have gone either way" after he was discharged from hospital.
He said in a video on Twitter that he had witnessed the "personal courage" of hospital staff on the front line.
The Prime Minister then defended plans to increase NHS workers' pay by just 1 per cent in March 2021 by saying the government was giving "as much as we can".
'The Year Britain Stopped' will be broadcast on May 24 on Channel 4.
