It’s good the government has moved on NHS pay, but staff deserve more

Commenting on the announcement today (Wednesday) that the government is to give NHS staff in England a 3% pay rise, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
“The government’s acceptance of the NHS pay review body recommendation is an improvement on its earlier miserly 1% proposal.
“But the increase falls short of what NHS staff deserve after the past 16 months. It’s less than the wage rise given to Scottish health colleagues and not enough to protect the NHS.
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