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NHS staff to receive pay awards
The government has announced it will set out pay awards for over one million public sector workers, including staff in the NHS.
The move is part of the government’s policy to offer an average one per cent pay rise to Armed Forces personnel, NHS staff and doctors and dentists in 2016-17. Along with other Pay Review Bodies, the government has asked the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) to examine how an increase to base pay could be applied in line with the government’s new policy.
Commenting on the government’s wider strategy to implement the measure, Greg Hands, chief secretary to the Treasury, said: “Our armed forces, NHS workers and prison officers do a brilliant job serving our country but with an increasingly turbulent global economy, pay restraint continues to be a key part of our plan to finish fixing the public finances.
“The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates that 200,000 public sector jobs have been protected thanks to our average one per cent pay policy so we can continue to deliver crucial public services.
“The independent pay review bodies have worked hard to bring forward a balanced and affordable set of recommendations that delivers on our commitments to increase pay by an average of one per cent across the workforces. The government is grateful for their work and I am pleased that we are able to accept their recommendations.”
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "It is thanks to the care, quality and dedication of NHS staff we are beginning to deliver a safer seven-day NHS for patients. And in line with the rest of the public sector, we are pleased to announce that all NHS staff will receive a one per cent pay increase next year."
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