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Unions have criticised plans to impose further squeezes on NHS pay in England.
Chancellor George Osborne had already capped rises across the public sector at a below-inflation 1%, but the Department of Health wants to withhold the increase for its 1.3m staff.
Instead it proposes using the funding intended for the 1% rise to "modernise" pay structures.
Health trusts are under pressure to make savings and the NHS wage bill accounts for around 40% of its budget.
In its submission to the NHS pay review body, the government says the planned 1% award is not affordable alongside the current system of small, automatic annual rises.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24408681
Chancellor George Osborne had already capped rises across the public sector at a below-inflation 1%, but the Department of Health wants to withhold the increase for its 1.3m staff.
Instead it proposes using the funding intended for the 1% rise to "modernise" pay structures.
Health trusts are under pressure to make savings and the NHS wage bill accounts for around 40% of its budget.
In its submission to the NHS pay review body, the government says the planned 1% award is not affordable alongside the current system of small, automatic annual rises.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24408681