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SNP Scottish government offer inflation-busting pay deal for NHS workers
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London

THE Scottish government has tabled an above-inflation pay offer for more than 180,000 NHS workers across the country. 

Unions across the service will now consult members on the deal worth 3.75 per cent this year and 4.25 per cent the next, amounting to 8.16 per cent over the period.

An additional inflation-proofing guarantee ensuring the uplift would be at least 1 per cent above the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate has also been offered.

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