Staff at the Royal Liverpool Hospital have been underpaid by hundreds of pounds after an error with tax codes.
The ECHO understands that NHS staff, including nurses working on coronavirus wards at the hospital, saw a drop in their wages on Friday, April 24.
The error is understood to have affected staff who are paid weekly and was allegedly caused due to a tax code error.
A woman, who wants to remain anonymous, claims staff must now wait until next month to be reimbursed the money they are owed.
They said: "They're putting their life at risk for all of us and now they've got to keep on going out to work, when they haven't been paid properly for it.
"A lot of staff have been affected by it."
She added: "They will be reimbursed when they get paid next month but what are people supposed to do until then."
The woman said her relative who works at the hospital, was left in tears as a result of being underpaid on Friday.
They added: "She was crying on Saturday, she's really upset about it.
"If it wasn't for the bank being so helpful and offering her a 30 day extension on her mortgage, she would have had to choose between paying her mortgage and having food for the month.
"There's nurses out there who have children and they might have rent to pay too.
"It's just wrong. They're fighting for all of us at the moment, they deserve to be paid what they are owed."
A spokesperson for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “A small number of staff who are paid weekly have raised this issue with us, which relates to their personal tax code issued by HMRC.
"The average difference advised to us has been £100-£200.
"We are supporting those affected with a pay advance as needed.
"In the meantime we have encouraged staff that have been affected to contact HMRC directly.”
An HMRC spokesperson said: “The tax codes we issue are based on the latest information that we hold, and we’ll change a customer’s tax code if we’re notified of any change in circumstance.
"The easiest way to tell us about any changes in your income that might affect the tax you need to pay is through your Personal Tax Account.”
