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The Government has told pay review bodies that they will not be asked to make a recommendation on pay awards for NHS employed staff for 2015/16 as it is to repeat last year’s 1% cap on pay rises.
In a letter addressed to the Review Body for Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB), chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said this would cover employed doctors and dentists, while the Department of Health was to write to the DDRB regarding independent contractors at a later date.
Explaining the position, Mr Alexander said that ‘pay restraint remains a crucial part of the consolidation plans that are continuing to help put the UK back on the path of fiscal sustainability’ and that ‘continued restraint in relation to public sector pay will help to protect jobs in the public sector and support the quality of public services’.
He also said that although there was ‘some variation between remit’ groups, the current evidence showed that ‘significant recruitment and retention issues’ were ‘unlikely’ in the next year.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20007470.article
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In a letter addressed to the Review Body for Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB), chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said this would cover employed doctors and dentists, while the Department of Health was to write to the DDRB regarding independent contractors at a later date.
Explaining the position, Mr Alexander said that ‘pay restraint remains a crucial part of the consolidation plans that are continuing to help put the UK back on the path of fiscal sustainability’ and that ‘continued restraint in relation to public sector pay will help to protect jobs in the public sector and support the quality of public services’.
He also said that although there was ‘some variation between remit’ groups, the current evidence showed that ‘significant recruitment and retention issues’ were ‘unlikely’ in the next year.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20007470.article
(free registration required)