NURSES LEAD DRIVE TO BIN NHS PAY DEAL

Hardliners appeal to union voters

- MARTIN BAGOT Health Editor

AN activist group dominated by nurses wants NHS staff to reject the Government's 5% pay offer.

NHS Workers Say No, a loose affiliation of more hardline members from the main health unions, has sent out thousands of leaflets.

Pushing for 19%, nurse Harry Eccles, of the group, said: "It's an insulting offer. It goes nowhere near what we set out to achieve.