Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) increase the pay rise for NHS staff and (b) introduce a financial bonus for those staff who served on covid-19 wards in the event that short-term economic growth and tax receipts are higher than forecast.

The Government looked to the independent Pay Review Bodies for a pay recommendation for National Health Service staff. The Government has accepted the NHS Pay Review Body and Review Body for Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration’s recommendations in full.

Once implemented, all NHS staff within the two Review Bodies’ remit groups for this year will receive a 3% pay uplift, backdated to April 2021. Additional payments are not being considered.