“Overworked” NHS staff will get a pay rise if Labour wins the general election.
The party is also promising the return of bursaries and the abolition of tuition fees planned to be introduced in August for students on nursing and midwifery courses. Applications to British universities have fallen by 23% for these courses, with some students unable to fund their training. According to the Royal College of Nursing, there are 24,000 nursing vacancies as roles become harder to fill.
Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, said NHS staff had been undervalued, overworked and underpaid under the Tories, after years of pay freezes for nurses, midwives and other key workers.
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