Would it cost the government £700m to raise nurses' pay? BBCRealityCheck
When discussing the nurses' strike, Health Minister Maria Caulfield told presenter Nick Robinson on Today "for every per cent we would have to put pay up that's £700 million we would have to find".The £700m figure comes from the NHS pay reviewthat describes how much money would be needed to fund a pay rise for a much larger group of NHS workers in England and not just nurses.
The "non-medical workforce" in the NHS includes nurses, but it covers a much larger group of workers including scientists, porters, administrative staff, physiotherapists, radiographers, ambulance staff and management.on staff in England shows that non-medical staff - excluding nurses - make up about 378,000 people working in hospitals and communities.
In the same interview, Ms Caulfield also said that a 1% pay rise would cost £800 million but the Department for Health and Social Care later clarified that she misspoke.
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