NHS 5% pay offer may end bitter dispute in England

NHS 5% pay offer may end bitter dispute in England A 5% pay rise from April has been offered to NHS staff in England, including nurses and ambulance workers.

In addition, staff have been offered a one-off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year's pay award.

You can see the complete offer in principle here Secretary of State offer in principle for the Agenda for Change (AfC) workforce (download).

Unions are recommending members back the deal, after nearly two weeks of talks with ministers, raising hopes the bitter dispute may be coming to an end.

The offer covers all NHS staff except doctors, who are on a different contract. BBC News

See also:

• New NHS pay offer to be put to members in England Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Government and Health Unions agree pay deal paving way for an end to strike action Department of Health and Social Care
• Health Foundation comments on Agenda for Change pay award for NHS workers The Health Foundation
• NHS Confederation responds to revised pay offer to health unions from government NHS Confederation
• Pay deal a hugely positive development NHS Providers
• UK government announces new NHS pay offer for Agenda for Change staff in England Royal College of Nursing
• UNISON to recommend acceptance of NHS pay offer UNISON
• Unite response to NHS pay offer Unite
• The NHS pay dispute could soon be over but we are not there yet BBC News
• Calls for talks to end junior doctors' strikes BBC News
• The main thing I feel is relief’, says NHS Confederation CEO after pay rise offered Channel 4 News
• End of ambulance and nursing strikes in sight as ministers finally 'agree' £2.5billion pay deal The Daily Mail
• Government confirms new pay offer for NHS staff in England The Guardian
• The NHS pay offer is a significant victory for striking workers The Guardian
• A pay rise for NHS staff was inevitable. The government's delay has caused irreparable damage | Polly Toynbee The Guardian
• Revealed: Junior doctors’ strikes could cost NHS £92 million, leaked figures show The Independent
• NHS strikes: Major step as government and unions agree pay offer The Independent
• End to the wave of NHS strikes in sight after government and unions agree pay offer ITV News
• NHS unions reach pay deal after government offers 5% rise Sky News