Nearly 150,000 Scottish NHS staff offered minimum 9% pay rise

The Scottish health secretary, Shona Robison, centre, said the deal was tied to an agreement about changes in sickness policy and other areas.Scottish nurses, midwives and paramedics are on course to receive a minimum pay rise of 9% over the next three years, ending nearly a decade of pay restraint.Health service unions have recommended their members back the deal, which will affect about 147,000 NHS staff, including hospital technicians, porters, ancillary workers and pharmacists.