The Guardian view on the NHS pay deal: divide and rule | Editorial

A contested settlement will do little to alleviate a chronic crisis which goes beyond issues of remunerationThe ongoing wave of public sector strikes, some of which could continue into the autumn, has been motivated by two main factors. One – the most immediate – is the spike in inflation and the cost of living crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine. For workforces which had already endured a steady erosion of pay and living standards for over a decade, this amounted to a blow upon t