Just as NHS staff thought ministers were at last to announce the pay rise they’ve more than earned, hopes have been cruelly dashed
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UNISON Special Labour Link National Forum 2021 Motion 3. NHS Pay
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Motion 3. NHS Pay
“Forum, Chair, John Gray. Greater London delegate moving motion 3 “NHS Pay”
Forum, this motion is very much complementary to previous motions and amendments and I will not…Read more…
‘Pathetic’
Three-time grand slam tennis champion Andy Murray has spoken out against the government’s proposal of a one per cent pay rise for NHS staff, calling it ‘pathetic’. Murray is the latest high-profile…Read more…
All eyes on Boris: open letter to the PM on NHS pay
UNISON has launched an open letter for thousands of NHS workers and their supporters to sign in support of a proper pay rise
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Invest in NHS staff or waiting lists won’t shorten, says UNISON
The backlog is overwhelming and will take years to clear.
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Time for Westminster to follow Edinburgh on NHS pay
Health workers in all parts of the UK deserve decent rise
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Urgent action needed to address chronic undersupply of NHS staff
A lack of planning for a global pandemic left the UK and the NHS exposed like never before
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‘NHS staff are there for us all’
In March, the government announced it would be recommending a disgraceful 1 per cent pay rise for NHS staff – despite staff having sacrificed so much during the pandemic and having suffered a…Read more…
The year time stood still
The older we get, the quicker the years seem to fly by, but 2020 was a clear exception – it was the year time stood still. And for key workers – from NHS staff to bus workers, supermarket staff to…Read more…
Westminster government could learn from Scotland over NHS pay
After a long and difficult year, a decent pay rise for NHS staff should be a simple decision to make and be popular with the public. Valuing health staff and investing in the NHS is a political…Read more…
‘NHS staff have been waiting too long’ for proper pay rise
An expected six-week delay to the NHS Pay Review Body’s (NHSPRB) 2021 recommendations to the government will help ministers who are ‘desperate’ to avoid attention over their ‘unpopular’ one per cent…Read more…
A 1% increase is neither a pay rise nor the way to treat NHS staff
Matt Hancock should stop trying to defend the indefensible
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Blog: The government misses a golden opportunity on NHS pay
Insulting 1% pay offer doesn’t recognise efforts of those fighting COVID for over a year, and will lead to an exodus of loyal staff while doing nothing to attract new recruits
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Prime Minister should admit the government’s made a big mistake on NHS pay, says UNISON
Staff shouldn’t pay price for pandemic costs
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‘Slap in the face’ NHS pay proposal
An industrial action ballot is one of the options that Unite will be considering as it steps up its campaign for a fair and decent pay rise for NHS staff. Unite will be liaising with other health…Read more…
Speed up NHS pay rise call
NHS workers who’ve risked their lives throughout the Covid-19 pandemic deserve a significant pay rise that should be brought forward as soon as possible, Unite and other health unions have said. The…Read more…
Cruel to make NHS staff wait months for pay rise, says UNISON
Sara Gorton says exhausted staff need morale boost now
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‘We really don’t know how we survived’
Like many freelancer workers during the first national lockdown in March, professional photographer Slater King’s work suddenly dried up. No phone calls, no shoots, just an unending expanse of time…Read more…
‘Why is it that we pick the pockets of the least well paid?’
Unite has lambasted reports that the government is mulling over a public sector pay freeze in chancellor Rishi Sunak’s upcoming spending review on Wednesday (November 25). Listen to Unite…Read more…
‘Kick in the teeth’
Unite has slammed the government for considering a public sector pay freeze for 5.5m workers, after reports today (November 20) suggested that public sector workers excluding frontline NHS staff may…Read more…