Former health secretary Matt Hancock pushes back against doctors' calls for pay rise

Former health secretary Matt Hancock pushes back against doctors' calls for pay rise Taxpayer cash should be spent on speeding up NHS treatment and operations rather than boosting doctors' salaries, former Health Secretary Matt Hancock suggested today amid an NHS pay row.

Mr Hancock pushed back against calls from doctors and nurses for the Government to up its 4.5 per cent increase, which unions say amounts to a real terms pay cut. The Daily Mail