Specialist nurses excluded from pay increase to ballot for industrial action

One specialist nurse said: 'We are disillusioned, let down by the INMO and the department. Colleagues in here are now doing the same job and one is getting paid more than another.'

Specialist nurses who have been excluded from a pay increase across the nursing sector are to be balloted on industrial action.

The nurses who work in areas such as cancer, community care, and neurology did not receive a pay hike in line with nursing managers to which their salaries have been linked since specialist roles were first established 25 years ago.