With the underlying inflation rate around 3%, Scotlands National Health Service staff has been snubbed, as usual, by tiny pay offers of around 3.7 to just over 5%.

This means that taking into account this years increase in Labour 'stealth taxes' they are worse off than last year.

London continues to ignore the loss of talented Scottish staff in the NHS, we just dont matter to London bean counters, who guzzle away our oil revenue on Lord knows what.