Union rejects south west NHS plans for pay consortium

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Health staff have voted against proposals for pay and conditions to be fixed through a regional consortium.The union Unite has gathered feedback from its NHS members about the proposals to set up the organisation to set pay and terms for staff across the South West, which includes Bristol's hospitals.Head of health at the union Rachael Maskell said that of the thousands of members who have given their feedback on the South West Pay, Terms and Conditions Consortium, "thousands" have rejected it.As previously reported in The Post some unions believe the organisation would represent something of a pay cartel and fear it could lead to health trusts struggling to recruit or retain staff, and that proposals for performance related pay and a withdrawal of anti-social hours payments were affecting morale.

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