NHS: Pay
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of the recommended NHS pay awards.
Answered by Karin Smyth
Last year’s pay awards for NHS staff were among the biggest across the public sector. This year, we have announced above inflation, fully funded pay increases across all staff groups for a second year in a row. These thoroughly deserved pay rises demonstrate how this Government wants to work with staff in our shared ambition to rebuild the NHS. We have been able to fully fund these pay award thanks to the reforms we’ve made, including cuts to bureaucratic duplication and central running costs.
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