the autumn statement, that we have prioritised the nhs and we have listened and put more funding in. how the funding is split up and how much is for pay versus having more nurses and how much should be going on more diagnostic equipment, these are the conversations we are making with the nhs and that is why we have an independent process on pay, rightly, and it was called for in the 80s by the rcn, to have a independent review pay process and we have respected those decisions. they make recommendation to the government, often higher than what the government initially suggested, and higher than what many people in the private sector are receiving, but we have accepted them in full because that is the right thing and as i said to others, we are happy to have a dialogue and the door is always open. we are talking about the process for next year which is what we should be sitting down and talking through and it is notjust about pay, when you are talking to anne boleyn is workers and others