Ian Bradwell calls for more than 1% pay increase for NHS staff

Like many people, unfortunately last year I got the Covid-19 virus. I had to go into Intensive Care for a short time, then onto a Covid ward. While I was in hospital, it gave me a wonderful opportunity, to observe how brilliant our NHS nurses are.

They did their duty with cheerfulness and a hearty dedication. It must have been at times heartbreaking to those succumbed to the virus and died. Not that you would know this, because they did everything in their power, to make your stay in hospital comfortable.

I was one of the lucky ones and survived the virus. In closing, I would like to say, how appalling it is that the government haven't gave them an adequate pay rise. These front line NHS people sometimes work a 12 hour shift and so deserve a minimum pay rise of 3 to 4 per cent.

Ian Bradwell was the Liberal Democrat PPC at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 General Elections and has been a candidate for the Liberal Democrats for Leicester City Council in the Braunstone and Rowley Fields Ward on several occasions.