2023-11-29 05:33:26
NHS doctors in England to receive 20% pay rise following strikes The pay rise for doctors comes following NHS nurses have been given a meager pay rise following a long strike by nurses. Nursing unions have expressed dissatisfaction with this. Nurses received a 5% pay rise and a one-off payment of £1,655.
Doctors have got 4 times salary increase compared to nurses. Nursing unions say the 20% pay rise given to doctors working in the same field was grossly discriminatory. RCN Chief Nurse Prof. Nicola Ranger said. At the same time, nurses received the lowest salary increase in the public sector, she added.
Doctors strike (file image). Image Courtesy: PA Media
Due to the 20% salary increase given to doctors, Prof. Ranger said. Earlier, RCN was reluctant regarding the 5% salary hike. But the government was able to implement it because ambulance workers, porters, physiotherapists and other health workers favored a 5% pay hike.
A 20% pay rise has resulted in strikes by senior and junior doctors in NHS England over the past few months. If members of the British Medical Association vote next month to approve the pay rise scale announced on Monday, the 6% pay rise many consultants have already received this year will become 20% from January.
English Summary:
Doctors got a 20% pay rise, nurses got 5%; Disgruntled nursing unions move for strikes
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