Health unions and MPs condemn 'derisory' 1% pay rise for NHS staff Cap on salary increases will see some staff earn just £5 extra a week while facing soaring costs and greater workload
About 1.3 million NHS staff are to receive a 1% pay rise that will see nurses, midwives and radiographers earn barely £5 a week more next year, in a move that prompted a furious reaction from health unions.
The government’s decision to limit NHS wage increases to 1% a year or freeze them for the seventh successive year led its own advisors to warn that the policy must end. Salary caps could exacerbate already serious understaffing in the NHS by making it less attractive to work for, especially as workloads are growing, the NHS pay review body (PRB) concluded. Continue reading... The Guardian
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About 1.3 million NHS staff are to receive a 1% pay rise that will see nurses, midwives and radiographers earn barely £5 a week more next year, in a move that prompted a furious reaction from health unions.
The government’s decision to limit NHS wage increases to 1% a year or freeze them for the seventh successive year led its own advisors to warn that the policy must end. Salary caps could exacerbate already serious understaffing in the NHS by making it less attractive to work for, especially as workloads are growing, the NHS pay review body (PRB) concluded. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- Independent report: National Health Service Pay Review Body 30th report: 2017 Department of Health
- Independent report: Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration 45th Report: 2017 Department of Health
- Government accepts 1 per cent uplift for NHS staff NHS Employers
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