Announcing the bonus, Mr Gething said: “Over the last year, Wales’ NHS staff and social care staff have shown a remarkable amount of commitment and courage from the initial outbreak of the pandemic right through to the current second wave.
“They will have suffered the impacts of the pandemic on their physical and mental health wellbeing in both their personal and professional lives.
“This payment expresses our gratitude to our NHS and social care workforce for their extraordinary contribution in keeping Wales safe.”
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Reacting to the announcement, Helen Whyley, director of Royal College of Nursing Wales, said nurses had gone “above and beyond” in the last year to tackle Covid-19.
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