NHS pay award ‘makes absolutely no ground on restoration’ A pay award of 3.3 per cent per cent for NHS workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is unacceptable, the CSP says. 

NHS pay award ‘makes absolutely no ground on restoration’

A pay award of 3.3% for NHS workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is unacceptable.

The government announced the award for 2026/7, having accepted recommendations from the NHS PRB.

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Pay parity must be restored for HSC staff in Northern Ireland Health unions including the CSP are calling on the Northern Ireland health minister to restore pay parity with the rest of the UK as a matter of urgency.   

Pay parity must be restored for HSC staff in Northern Ireland

Health unions including the CSP are calling on the Northern Ireland health minister to restore pay parity with the rest of the UK as a matter of urgency.

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'This would be a highly disappointing recommendation from the PRB, if correct.

'Years of below-inflation pay awards have left staff feeling demoralised and consistently giving more for less.'

CSP responds to leaked pay body recommendation

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Reforms to fix Band 8 pay gap at risk, ministers warned Unions are warning the government it risks derailing "comprehensive" reforms to fix the Agenda for Change pay band structure, including the lack of an incentive to promotion to Band 8a.

'It's back-to-front to ask the PRB to decide how much should be allocated to changes when we haven't yet agreed what those reforms should be, or how much they would cost.'

Our warning to the government covered by @hsj.co.uk.

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