Government accepts 1% pay rise for all NHS staff

The Government has accepted recommendations from the NHS Pay Review Body for a 1% pay increase for all NHS staff, which will come in to effect as of 1^st April.

These recommendations are in line with the Government’s Public Sector Pay Policy.

Chief Executive of NHS Employers Danny Mortimer said: “Employers are facing unprecedented financial and service challenges, and managing pay costs remains an integral part of meeting these challenges. NHS organisations have developed their financial plans on the basis of a continuation of the government’s ongoing public sector pay policy of 1% pay awards, together with payment of annual increments.

“Employers understand that a continuation of pay restraint over the longer term is of growing concern to our workforce; we will continue to work with trade unions to explore how the overall value of the NHS employment package offer can be maximised within the current constrained position.”

You can find out more about the report, as well as the revised pay bandings, on the NHS Employer’s website.

Published 30th March, 2017