title: Nurses set to claim 21 per cent pay increase.
abstract: As the deadline for the Agenda for Change pay negotiations approaches, the unions and the Department of Health are drawing the battle lines for the next round in the annual pay review. It has been reported that nurses and midwives will claim up to a 21 per cent pay rise for 2002. The Department of Health has warned that a large increase would hamper the strategy to recruit more staff.