Health minister Anne Milton is well-placed to judge whether nurses who live in relatively expensive areas should be paid more than those in poorer parts of the country. She was a nurse in London and the south east before embarking on a career in politics, and would have been well-versed in the case for national pay bargaining when she was an RCN steward.
Nursing Standard. 26, 2, 1-1. doi: 10.7748/ns2011.09.26.2.1.p6371
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