NHS and social care staff in Wales will receive a £735 bonus payment to recognise their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, health minister Vaughan Gething has said.
The one-off payment - which will see most workers take home £500 after tax and national insurance deductions - is estimated to benefit almost 222,000 people.
It will NHS staff there in line with staff in Scotland who are also set to get a payout from the Government.
But healthcare heroes in England will miss out on the recognition - as Boris Johnson has refused to match the payment.
Staff working for NHS Wales, in primary and social care, and students deployed to help professionals are all in line for the bonus which will be funded by the Welsh Government.
Announcing the payment on Wednesday, Mr Gething said: "Over the last year, Wales's NHS staff and social care staff have shown a remarkable amount of commitment and courage from the initial outbreak of the pandemic right through to the current second wave.
"They will have suffered the impacts of the pandemic on their physical and mental health wellbeing in both their personal and professional lives.
"This payment expresses our gratitude to our NHS and social care workforce for their extraordinary contribution in keeping Wales safe."
The Welsh Government said it is working with local authorities and trade unions to finalise details of the scheme.
A £500 special payment for care home and domiciliary care workers was announced last May, with the latest bonus being made available to a wider group of social care workers including local authority social services staff.
In January, Boris Johnson refused to make a similar gesture for NHS staff in England.
Asked at a Downing Street press conference by the Mirror's political editor Pippa Crerar if he would recognise the sacrifices made by staff on the front line Mr Johnson refused to back the call.
Instead, the Prime Minister told the Downing Street press conference: “We do our absolute utmost to support our wonderful NHS staff and indeed have had a three-year pay package for nurses, that I think was 12.8%, and will continue to invest record sums in the NHS.
“I think the amount we invested in the NHS even before the pandemic began was more than any time in modern memory, £34 billion package of investment, and that will continue under this Government.”
