Nurses in Dumfries and Galloway are being balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) launched the indicative ballot of members on Tuesday.Julie Lamberth, head of the RCN Scotland board, said: “After 18 months of bearing the brunt of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and a decade of being undervalued and under-resourced, more and more nursing staff are saying enough is enough.“The Scottish Government and NHS employers need to stop paying lip service to the immense contribution nursing staff make to health and care services.”Last week the government announced a £300 million funding package for the NHS which the union said was welcome but “not enough”.Ms Lamberth added: “ We want to see effective
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