NHS staff across the country are uniting in a national day of action tomorrow to demand a larger pay rise.

Campaigning group Sussex Defend The NHS will be joining Unite the Union's day of action by protesting in Brighton.

They believe that the three per cent pay increase is not enough and are urging union members in England and Wales to vote in an online ballot.

They are also asking for the public to write to their MPs to ask them to write to Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson to increase the amount.

Clare Jones, a Brighton NHS nurse and Unite staff rep, said: "A below-inflation pay rise is an insult to NHS workers. I am pleased that the unions are working together and saying 'not good enough' to the government."

According to the campaigners, the small percentage increase will widen the pay gap within the workforce, and keeping wages so low will be a "disaster" for recruiting and retaining staff.

Sussex Defend The NHS said: "We see this offer as part of the government's efforts to undermine and privatise the NHS.

"It should be fully funding the NHS including a 15 per cent increase in wages to its staff."

Campaigners will be outside the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton from noon to 2pm tomorrow.

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