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Pay rise row: Shock and anger
NEWS that hospital trust chairman Russell Hart is to receive a 150 per cent pay rise was greeted with shock and anger on the streets of Hartlepool.
Retired William Dickson, 74, who lives in the Throston area of Hartlepool, said: "I'm a pensioner and I've worked all my life.
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"We are getting a 1.50 rise in April, it's just not on. It should be knocked on the head, I'm really disheartened with the lot of them."
Office worker Christine Ray, 49, from the Rift House estate, said: "It is definitely not justified especially considering what is going on in the NHS. I think they would be better off investing it elsewhere. It is really unfair."
Teresa Stead, 43, a shop assistant from Everett Street, said: "I think it's shocking.
"It is an important job, but I don't think he should get that much."
Henk Hordijk, 70, of Whitby Grove, said: "Why should they get so much money? I'm an old age pensioner and I hardly get anything. The most I ever got was 2.5 per cent and I worked for years."
Lawrence Beckenkrager, 72, of Derwent Street, said: "He shouldn't be given it. My wife is in hospital and they are short staffed. Some are working 16 hours a day, it is no wonder they are stressed."
Pensioner Eileen Rowe, 69, of Rift House, said: "He should take a decrease not an increase."
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