NHS pay consultation launched at health conference

UNISON has launched a consultation of health members at the health group conference in Brighton today. Members in England must decide whether to accept a three-year pay deal which comes with an extra £4.2bn worth of funding. Over a million hospital porters, 999 call handlers, healthcare assistants, nurses, midwives and other health staff across England are being offered long-overdue pay rises, in what would be a major shake-up of the NHS pay structure. Roz Norman (above), the chair of UNISON’s health service group executive, told delegates at conference that the hard work of activists in the Pay Up Now campaign played a crucial role in forcing pay to the top of the political agenda. “The consultation has launched today and runs until 5 June – we want everyone to take part,” she said. “And if the proposals are accepted, the extra funding for English health budgets will go through the Barnett formula into budgets in Scotland, Cymru/Wales and Northern Ireland. “We can then enter talks in each country about whether and how to implement the agreement in a way that would work for them.” The Brighton delegates will be debating the pay proposals on Tuesday (17 April). UNISON led the detailed pay talks with other health unions, employers and the government that  have resulted in the current proposals. The union believes it is a better deal than would be achieved through the pay review vody, and is recommending that members accept it. If they do so, the proposals w...
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