Where did the new proposals come from?
UNISON has argued since the mid-90s that there is a need to overhaul the ways in which pay for NHS staff is set. Under the present system some staff have their pay fixed by Pay Review Bodies, some by Whitley Councils, some through local negotiations and some without any negotiations at all. The present grade definitions reflect the way in which the NHS was organised and staff worked over 10 years ago. NHS staff continue to suffer from low pay. All this means that people doing the same or equal jobs can be, and are, paid differently and can have different conditions of service. It means that different groups of staff get different annual pay increases. These differences – in pay, in pay increases, in conditions of service – undermine the spirit of teamwork on which the NHS relies. They cannot be justified in a society which believes in equal pay for work of equal value. They stand as a barrier to delivering the best possible health care to the people of England, Scotland, Wales and Nort
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