NHS staff will finally get a pay rise after enough unions voted to accept the Government's offer. The five percent rise for 2023/24 was passed after an NHS Staff Council meeting of NHS Employers and 14 unions - representing all staff except doctors and dentists - took place from 1.30pm on Tuesday (May 2).
The offer has been accepted despite unions like the Royal College of Nurses and Unite having rejected it. As reported by the Mirror Online, votes on the council are weighted according to unions’ membership numbers similar to the electoral college system in the US.
With Unison, the biggest NHS union, GMB and a host of smaller unions having already accepted, it was likely to be passed.
