Steve Barclay: Pay hikes for NHS staff are unaffordable – and will cut patient care
1 year, 11 months ago

Steve Barclay: Pay hikes for NHS staff are unaffordable – and will cut patient care

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But if we provide unaffordable pay rises to NHS staff, we will take billions of pounds away from where we need it most. Unaffordable pay hikes will mean cutting patient care and stoking the inflation that would make us all poorer. I want to continue the constructive dialogue with union leaders about how to make the NHS a better place to work and deliver better care for patients.

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Flatlining NHS gets major £22.6billion Budget injection to cut waiting lists - amid warnings there will still be a winter crisis and it may STILL need more cash

Daily Mail  

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It’s time to cut out the NHS middle man
4 months, 2 weeks ago

It’s time to cut out the NHS middle man

The Independent  

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1 year, 2 months ago

NHS hospitals 'are paying doctors up to £7,900 a shift to cover striking colleagues who are ''ripping off'' the health service'

Daily Mail  

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Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4-day walkout in August
1 year, 4 months ago

Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4-day walkout in August

Associated Press  

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Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal
1 year, 6 months ago

Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal

The Independent  

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Public sector workers could see 3.5% pay rise after departmental submissions
1 year, 10 months ago

Public sector workers could see 3.5% pay rise after departmental submissions

The Independent  

More than one million public sector workers, including police officers and NHS staff, could be in line for a 3.5% pay rise following submissions by UK Government departments to the pay review process. The DfE, in its submission to the School Teachers’ Review Body, said: “The department’s view is that an award of 3.5% will be manageable within schools’ budgets …

Strikes UK latest news: Steve Barclay says ‘patients will pay the price’ as nurses prepare to walk out
1 year, 11 months ago

Strikes UK latest news: Steve Barclay says ‘patients will pay the price’ as nurses prepare to walk out

The Independent  

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NHS staff have to work harder to ‘justify’ more pay, Steve Barclay tells furious unions
1 year, 11 months ago

NHS staff have to work harder to ‘justify’ more pay, Steve Barclay tells furious unions

The Independent  

Planned strikes by NHS workers looked set to go ahead after trade union leaders branded talks with Steve Barclay over pay “bitterly disappointing” and an “insult”. A walkout of ambulance workers will go ahead on Wednesday after the failed crisis talks, during which Mr Barclay told union leaders any pay increase would have to involve greater “productivity and efficiency” from …

NHS pay deal hopes rise as ministers consider backdated pay boost
1 year, 11 months ago

NHS pay deal hopes rise as ministers consider backdated pay boost

The Telegraph  

Hopes of an NHS pay breakthrough have been raised, with ministers considering whether an extra boost for three months could bring an end to the dispute. Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, has also agreed to look at making a one-off “cost of living” payment to staff following talks with union chiefs on Monday. Over the weekend, the Health Secretary’s stance …

NHS staff to be offered fast-tracked pay rise in bid to end strikes
2 years ago

NHS staff to be offered fast-tracked pay rise in bid to end strikes

The Telegraph  

Striking NHS workers will be offered a fast-tracked pay deal next year in a government attempt to break the deadlock with health unions. As paramedics and ambulance crews took to picket lines across England and Wales on Wednesday, a source close to Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, said he was keen to “speed up the process” of giving NHS staff …

Paying nurses more would take money from NHS operations, says Health Secretary
2 years ago

Paying nurses more would take money from NHS operations, says Health Secretary

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Steve Barclay insisted it was down to the independent pay review body to set …

NHS chiefs discuss charging wealthy patients in Scotland in bid to plug £1bn hole
2 years, 1 month ago

NHS chiefs discuss charging wealthy patients in Scotland in bid to plug £1bn hole

The Telegraph  

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Nurses’ pay demands are unreasonable and unaffordable, says Steve Barclay
2 years, 1 month ago

Nurses’ pay demands are unreasonable and unaffordable, says Steve Barclay

The Telegraph  

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Proposed 1% Pay Hike Shows U.K. Government Doesn't Value Us, Nurse Says
3 years, 9 months ago

Proposed 1% Pay Hike Shows U.K. Government Doesn't Value Us, Nurse Says

NPR  

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