Responding to DHSC's announcement about one-off payments for more healthcare workers, RCN Director for England Patricia Marquis said:
鈥淎fter a year of campaigning, this progress is a huge leap forward. They deliver NHS care and deserve the same treatment.
鈥淲e will ask for assurance that the financial amounts are worth the same. Nursing staff providing publicly funded care, on whatever contracts, must be paid this award. Waiting for 12 months added insult to injury and the Department must learn never to repeat this.鈥�
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