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Mar 2021
Think tanks says NHS staff should receive 5 per cent pay rise next year
A think tank has called for NHS staff to receive a 5 per cent pay rise next year as part of a £12bn boost to health and social care, to help them “build back better” after the Covid pandemic.
The money would help the NHS to overcome the widespread disruption to non-Covid care, start to return to improving outcomes from diseases such as cancer, and tackle understaffing.
The call by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) came as the Treasury and NHS England prepared to finalise negotiations over how much more cash the health service will receive in 2021/22 to cover the additional costs of the pandemic. The proposal for a 5 per cent increase in NHS staff pay comes following Matt Hancock’s insistence that the government’s 1 per cent offer represented a real-terms increase.
A government spokesperson said “We are backing the NHS in every possible way in our fight against this virus, investing £63bn this year and £22bn next year. This investment comes on top of £9.4bn capital funding to build and upgrade 40 new hospitals and £3bn we have earmarked for supporting recovery and tackling the NHS waiting lists.
“It is already making a difference, with average waiting times for elective treatment falling by 40% since July and we will continue to work with the NHS to ensure all patients receive the best quality care as quickly as possible.”
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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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