Nurses across the nations of the UK voted to take strike action over a pay dispute and concerns over patient safety last week
Yousaf told the BBC that he had to take"a really difficult decision" to reassign £480 million from the NHS budget, from primary care and mental health to social care, to put the 7% offer on the table.
"I do believe, having spoken to the RCN as I have over the course of the last seven days, I believe trade unions also think that a strike is not inevitable. "It's because of sky-high energy prices. I don't think the ask from the trade unions is unreasonable."But it's for the UK Government, as I say as the architects of this cost crisis to make sure they're giving the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and others more money so we can afford these deals."
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