Ambulance staff in Northern Ireland to receive backdated pay boost, says UNISON

Hundreds of ambulance workers in Northern Ireland are to receive a pay rise amounting to several thousand pounds each, following an extensive period of campaigning and negotiation by UNISON.
Members of the union voted overwhelmingly to accept the pay offer from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust, which will be backdated to the beginning of 2017.
The change affects emergency medical technicians (EMT), paramedics and rapid response paramedics (RRP) who will see their pay bands u