NHS: Pay

(asked on 21st July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) provide an above inflation pay rise to NHS workers in 2022 and (b) ensure that that pay rise takes into account real term changes in NHS workers' pay since 2010; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a below inflation pay rise on NHS staff (i) retention, (ii) vacancies and (iii) recruitment.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 6th September 2022

The Government has accepted the recommendations made by the independent Pay Review Bodies (PRBs) for National Health Service staff. The majority of NHS staff, including nurses, paramedics and midwives, will receive an increase in basic pay of at least 4% to 9.3%. The PRBs’ recommendations are based on an assessment of evidence from a range of stakeholders, including NHS system partners, trades unions and the Government, which consider recruitment, retention and staff motivation.

The NHS People Plan focuses on retaining staff by improving the experience of working in the NHS, including measures which address health and wellbeing. The NHS Retention Programme also targets interventions to support staff to remain in the NHS and understand the reasons why staff leave.

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