Claim: Matching nurse pay to inflation would cost every household in the country about £1,000.
Fact-check: Health minister's claims on nurse pay fact checked - Full Fact
Verdict: this figure is problematic for a number of reasons. firstly, it describes an inflation-matching pay rise for all public sector workers, not just nurses. there are also concerns about how it was calculated, including the fact it does not appear to take into account money that would come back in taxes on these higher salaries.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2022-12-16T00:00:00