The Royal College of Nursing is pushing for further negotiations for nursing pay after doctors were offered a fresh pay deal.
While nurses were offered a 5% raise back in March, senior consultants could see salary increases as high as 20% under this new negotiation.
RCN chief nurse Prof Nicola Ranger said: "Nursing staff will be appalled by this announcement and where it leaves them.
"The government has shown it has the political will to reform pay for some of the highest earners in the NHS - while our members are left with the lowest pay rise in the public sector."
The organisation also highlighted that this inequality in pay is likely to result in further nursing strikes.
It is not yet confirmed what the next step is for RCN members, however the nursing pay dispute has been described as “unfinished business”.
"Nursing staff work closely with consultants and we too have campaigned for years to have quicker progression through the pay scale," Prof Ranger added.
"This would help recognise nurses' safety-critical and lifesaving skills - and yet many spend most of their career stuck on the same NHS pay band.
"It's galling that almost 12 months since nursing staff took the unprecedented decision to strike, our pay dispute remains unresolved and the government continues to undervalue our profession."
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