Nurses to stage 'summer of protests' over poor pay rises

The Royal College of Nursing has warned that unless the next Government drops the 1% cap on pay it will hold a ballot on industrial action later this year, threatening the first ever strikes by its members.If nurses did vote to walk out it would see patients facing another year of NHS industrial action disruption following last year's junior doctors' strikes.The RCN says nurses have suffered a 14% real terms pay cut since 2010 because of the government cap on public sector pay.