GMB Union has branded comments by a Minister over nurses' food bank usage as displaying a ‘staggering lack of empathy’.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan's told Sky News many nurses using food banks are doing so because of a broken ‘relationship or boiler'.
Rachel Harrison, GMB National Secretary, said: “Does Ms Keegan think we have 135,000 vacancies in the NHS because of break ups? Or is it the systematic underpayment of health professionals.
“The Minister needs to accept the damage her Government has done to the NHS and help fix it, rather than indulging in damaging rhetoric.”
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