Health unions criticise ‘miserly’ 3% NHS staff pay rise

GMB, Unison and Royal College of Nursing say offer is real-terms wage cut and will prompt frontline workers to quit

Health unions have criticised the government for offering NHS staff in England a “miserly” 3% pay rise from April, despite inflation having hit 5.5%.

Ministers have proposed the increase in their written evidence to the NHS pay review body, which advises what salary uplifts the service’s 1.3 million staff should get.

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