Further strikes by ambulance staff and other NHS workers are suspended and unions will recommend acceptance of a new pay offer to NHS workers, they have announced.
Unison said the offer to NHS workers in England includes an additional one-off lump sum for 2022-23 that rises in value up the NHS pay bands. This is worth £1,655 for staff at the bottom of band two (for example porters, cleaners and healthcare assistants), £2,009 for staff at the top of band five (nurses, midwives, physiotherapists), £2,162 at the top of band six (paramedics, health visitors, senior occupational therapists) and £3,789 for staff at the top of band nine.
There will be a permanent 5% pay rise on all pay points for 2023-24. Unison said the lowest pay point in the NHS will be £11.45 an hour - 55p higher than the voluntary real living wage.
