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Any pay rise for NHS staff should be deferred until unions have agreed to discuss how the Agenda for Change contract can be further watered down to make it more affordable for cash-strapped trusts, the Department of Health has said.
It has called on the NHS pay review body, which makes recommendations annually on basic pay, to tie any wage increase to further changes to the national Agenda for Change contract, and also remuneration for doctors and dentists.
The move would mean a pay freeze during the 2014-15 financial year, which starts next April, with no guarantee of a wage rise in 2015-16.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...063948.article?blocktitle=News&contentID=4385
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It has called on the NHS pay review body, which makes recommendations annually on basic pay, to tie any wage increase to further changes to the national Agenda for Change contract, and also remuneration for doctors and dentists.
The move would mean a pay freeze during the 2014-15 financial year, which starts next April, with no guarantee of a wage rise in 2015-16.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...063948.article?blocktitle=News&contentID=4385
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