Nurses’ union suggests Government meet it halfway on 19% pay rise demand
The PA news agency understands the union could be willing to accept a pay rise of about 10%.
The PA news agency understands the union could be willing to accept a pay rise of about 10%.
The announcement was made amid a wave of strikes, including a walkout by train drivers on Thursday which crippled rail services.
But the Prime Minister warned union demands for a 19% pay rise are ‘not affordable’.
Steve Barclay’s comments come as senior doctors say the NHS is on a knife edge.
Services from trains to health are set to be hit by walkouts in January and beyond.
Unions are reported to believe Health Secretary Steve Barclay wants to restrict next year’s award for NHS staff to 2%.
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A third more ‘reward and recognition’ vouchers were distributed in 2021-22 than in 2020-21 and two thirds more than in 2018-19.
Over the past 15 years the take-home pay of junior doctors has been cut in real terms by more than a quarter, the BMA says.
Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said he wants to get the money into the pay packets of health staff.
The Royal College of Nursing said that unless negotiations are opened, its members will walk out on January 18 and 19.
The Health Secretary met with union representatives from the NHS after three unions rejected the ‘best and final’ pay offer.
Services ranging from postal deliveries to health services are set to be hit by walkouts from now into January.
The Prime Minister said he is acting ‘reasonably’ as nurses announced an escalated two days of walkouts for the new year.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that unless negotiations are opened, its members will walk out on January 18 and 19.