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Johnson admitted the debt he owes to nurses
By Reuters Staff
UK PM Johnson admitted on Wednesday his “own huge debt” to nurses working in the health service after he was asked about a nurse who tended to him in 2020 but has since decided to quit.
A nurse who cared for Johnson in a hospital intensive care ward as he battledn coronavirus is quitting her job, with a newspaper saying on Tuesday she had become fed up with his government’s treatment of healthcare workers.
“I think the whole house (of parliament) acknowledges our collective debt to the nurses of the NHS (National Health Service) and I certainly acknowledge my own huge personal debt and that’s why of all the professions in this country ... in very, very tough times, we have asked the public sector pay review board to look at an increase in pay for nurses,” he told parliament.
Source: Reuters
