The NHS is braced for more chaos amid fears nurses will reject their pay deal and join junior doctors in taking strike action.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has been holding a vote among its members on the 3.6 per cent pay rise, with the results to be announced later this week.
The trade union has previously branded the pay offer as 'grotesque' as doctors, teachers, prison officers and the Armed Forces all received a bigger increase.
They have claimed nursing staff will see the pay rise 'entirely swallowed up by inflation'.
According to the BBC, the results of the RCN vote will show an 'overwhelming' rejection of the deal.
