10 things you probably don’t know about the NHS pay award

As UNISON has reported, the Westminster government is imposing a 3% pay award on NHS staff in England. It has refused to negotiate with the union, while taking months to reach its decision.
UNISON is currently consulting with its health members, to gauge their view on this imposed award and how they want to react.
But it is always difficult to navigate the pros and cons of any pay award, especially when it’s communicated as a percentage, and in a massive system like the NHS, whose workers