This story was first published in digitalhealth.net
Pay rise for NHS workers not likely in Budget
It has been reported that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will avoid any announcement on pay rises for NHS staff in his Budget next week.
Citing senior sources from the Treasury, i newspaper reports that Sunak will not make any decisions on salaries for health workers as he is awaiting the NHS Pay Review Body’s report in May. This means that it could take months to make any decision on pay rises for workers.
Sara Gordon, head of health at Unison, said that the government has had ‘ample opportunity’ to decide on ‘early and significant’ pay rises for burnt-out staff who have been working flat out during the coronavirus crisis. She also warned that without a pay rise, there would be ‘an exodus of employees from an already understaffed health service’.
Unison has been campaigning for a £2,000 pay rise for NHS staff to ensure all staff are ‘recognised equally’.
Jonathan Ashworth, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, commented: “Our NHS staff deserve a fair pay rise. If Rishi Sunak next week refuses it will be kick in the teeth to our brave hardworking NHS heroes.”
Latest News
16/02/2024 - 12:56
Hammersmith and Fulham Council has created a new alliance intended to clean dirty air and improve residents' health.
16/02/2024 - 10:44
Two million more GP appointments a month are being delivered for patients compared to the same month before the pandemic as part of the NHS primary care access recovery plan according to new NHS data.
15/02/2024 - 10:26
The Welsh Government has provided innovation funding of £380,000 to support two projects utilising technology in domiciliary care.
15/02/2024 - 10:13
The new Scottish health secretary has met with frontline staff at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
14/02/2024 - 10:27
The North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) has appointed three new Executive Directors to the Trust Board.
Product Features
UK Building Regulations highlight toxic gas and smoke from layers of paint built up over multiple redecorations as a major cause of permanent ill health or death in a building fire.
Their concern rose with discovery the flame retardant paints most widely used paint along escape routes have been ones which to this day counter-productively use emission of heavy toxic gas to smother flames which rapidly spread along walls if layers of paint delaminate in a fire.
Supplier Profiles
Northwich’s Victoria Infirmary (VIN) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has enabled more patients
Adveco, the commercial hot water specialist, announces the launch of live metering of domestic ho
Latest Features
Sarah Greenslade, public affairs and communications officer at the British Parking Association looks at some of the problems and innovations in healthcare parking
It’s easy to assume that the comms team is there to handle press enquiries and the occasional social media storm – but the reality is that strategic communications can make a measurable impact across the entire organisation, from operational to financial, when done properly
