Professor Nicola Ranger, the RCN's acting general secretary, called on the next government to hold talks on nurses' pay immediately after the election to avoid a worsening delay in a wage rise.She made the call in her keynote speech at the college's annual congress in Newport, South Wales, on Monday.

Professor Nicola Ranger, the RCN's acting general secretary, called on the next government to hold talks on nurses' pay immediately after the election to avoid a worsening delay in a wage rise.She made the call in her keynote speech at the college's annual congress in Newport, South Wales, on Monday.