The proposed 1% pay rise for NHS staff is a "slap in the face" and large numbers of nurses could quit after the pandemicThe MP told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that many NHS staff worked "without the right equipment to protect themselves" in the early part of the pandemic and they had "gone above and beyond the hours they are already paid for".Shadow health minister Alex Norris said the bid to "balance the budget" on the back of an NHS pay reduction seems "a very strange set of priorities".news.sky.com/story/pressure-mounts-on-government-over-slap-in-the-face-nhs-pay-rise-offer-as-large-numbers-of-nurses-could-leave-profession-12237566