Fourteen healthcare unions representing over one million NHS workers have written to both the chancellor and the prime minister calling for pay negotiations to start soon, to give the workforce a chance of an early pay rise.
The three-year Agenda for Change pay deal, not including doctors and dentists, agreed in March 2018 is nearing its end. The 14 staff-side unions have urged the government to provide the funding for a “fair and early” pay rise for all NHS staff, including catering workers, security guards and other support staff working for private contractors.
Full story in The HSJ, 3 July 2020