Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has concluded pay negotiations with trade unions for health and social care staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
This week’s three-day strike by Welsh junior doctors was expected to have a significant impact on services in Wales.
The government has published a call for evidence to seek views on a new pay scale for nurses. It will collate feedback from across the health sector on the merits of a separate pay structure for nursing staff in the NHS, considering the risk and benefits of this approach.
The government has published the letters sent from health secretary Victoria Atkins asking the various pay review bodies to commence their pay round processes for 2024/25.
The government and the British Medical Association have agreed an offer which they will put to specialist, associate specialist and speciality (SAS) doctors.
Junior doctors in England are to hold further strikes in December and January after rejecting a new pay offer worth an extra 3% on average this year.
After industrial action continued into autumn, with junior doctors and consultants in England taking joint strike action for the first time ever.
The government has tabled a new offer to increase consultants’ pay and restructure their contract in an attempt to end doctors’ strike action.
Consultants’ unions in England are putting pay reform proposals to members following a new pay offer from the government.
The government has announced funding to cover one-off payments of at least £1,655 for eligible healthcare staff at non-NHS organisations such as charities, local authorities or social enterprises.