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AN “INACCURATE” newspaper report on NHS pay talks could “scupper the chances of health workers getting a decent deal,” the Unite union warned yesterday.
The Guardian reported that more than a million NHS staff are to be offered a 6.5 per cent pay rise in exchange for giving up a day’s annual leave.
Government negotiators have said that the cut in leave entitlement is a “red line”, according to the paper.
Unless ministers match reform with investment, the profession and the people it serves will continue to bear the cost, says KATE RAMSDEN
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the horrific price British patients will pay for this NHS deal is now clear — and there’s time to get out of it, if MPs will only force the issue
With 121,000 vacancies and 44.8% of staff feeling unwell from work stress, the NHS 10-year plan will not succeed unless the government takes immediate action to retain existing staff, writes ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN