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NHS staff have been under enormous strain during the pandemic (Image: GETTY) Also, the lack of PPE and having to reuse PPE or wear expired PPE and risking our lives. Health minister Nadine Dorries has defended the Government s position, saying nurses have received a 12 percent increase in pay over the last three years, pointing out the average nurse s salary was around £34,000. However, frontline workers described her claims as lies . Kelly Robbins, a nurse working in primary care in Brighton, said: We listen to them on TV and they are lying, and it s just painful and really debilitating to hear them say that. ....