NHS and Social Services: Staff
(asked on 19th April 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support health and care staff with the rising cost of living.
This question was answered on 19th April 2022
We have committed to give NHS workers a pay rise and are looking to pay review bodies for a recommendation.
The pay review bodies are independent so I cannot pre-empt their recommendations, but we will carefully consider them.
The majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who set pay and conditions, independent of central government. It is the responsibility of local authorities to work with care providers to determine pay.