RCOT is aware the Government has announced it will be implementing a 3% pay rise for all NHS staff in England and Wales as recommended by the NHS Pay Review Body. The rise will be backdated to 1 April 2021.
BAOT UNSION, alongside other unions have contributed to a joint health union position statement:
“The government’s acceptance of the NHS pay review body recommendation is an improvement on its earlier miserly 1% proposal.
“But the increase falls short of what NHS staff deserve after the past 16 months. It’s less than the wage rise given to Scottish health colleagues and not enough to protect the NHS.
“Porters, cleaners, nurses, paramedics and other health workers have waited for months for what they hoped would be a fair deal.
“Ministers could have paid up last year if they really valued the NHS. Instead, staff have been made to hang on until the summer – long after their wage rise was due.
“Health workers are now expected to meet the deadly challenge of a new virus wave. The government has failed to show staff just how valued they are to us all. There’s a risk many may not stay around to see the NHS through the pandemic and the clearing of the Covid backlog.”
Following the Government’s announcement, the next step for UNISON’s Health Service General Executive will be to meet tomorrow to agree a position to put to all UNISON members in a consultation as a response to this pay award.
More information can be found on UNISON’s website.
Our statement in response to the government’s original 1% pay rise offer can be found here.