NHS workers have been offered a 'substantial' pay rise after an 'exceptionally challenging year'. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced 'our NHS staff deserve more than applause and 1% is not enough' after putting a 4% raise on the table.If accepted by staff, would be the most generous National Health Service pay uplift anywhere in the UK.
The pay rise will benefit 154,000 NHS employees including nurses, paramedics, allied health professionals, as well as domestic, healthcare support staff, porters and other front line health workers.
The offer represents the biggest single year increase in pay for NHS staff since devolution.The pay rise would ensure that staff on the pay bands 1 to 7 would receive at least a 4% pay rise compared to.
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