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From September 2014 NHS Wales intends to pay NHS staff at least the living wage, resulting in about 2,400 employees receiving an increase in salary of up to £470 above UK wide Agenda for Change rates. [12] Following the financial crisis which started in 2007, NHS pay was frozen in 2011 for two years, followed by increases capped at 1 per cent ...
In 2014 the government rejected the NHSPRB recommendation for a 1% pay rise. [76] In 2016 the government announced that nurses would receive a 1% pay rise which would take effect from 1 April 2016. [77] The RCN Chief Executive Janet Davies stated that "The fact remains that pay awards for NHS staff have been severely constrained since 2010". [78]
NHS Employers is an organisation which acts on behalf of NHS trusts in the National Health Service in England and Wales. It was formed in 2004, is part of the NHS Confederation , and negotiates contracts with healthcare staff on behalf of the government.
In 2019, the British Medical Association came to an agreement with NHS England to settle for a guaranteed 2% annual pay rise until 2023. [40] In 2023, resident doctors in England initiated their longest-ever strike, protesting against pay disparities within the National Health Service (NHS). The strike, which began on 13 July 2023, continued ...
In subsequent years a public sector pay cap resulted in annual public sector wage increases being effectively capped at 1% for 2013–2016, [173] extended to 2020 in the 2015 budget. [174] Advice was given to ministers by the civil service that the policy would result in a pay cut for many people in real terms and could increase child poverty .
As of 2016, about 10% of GDP was spent on health and was the most spent in the public sector. [27] In 2019, the UK spent roughly 10.2% of GDP on healthcare compared to 11.7% in Germany and 11.1% in France. [28] In 2016–2017, the budget was £122.5 billion. [29] Under the Blair government spending levels increased by around 6% a year on average.
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NHS Wales has not met targets for A&E. Figures for December show the worst A&E performance since March 2016 but attendance was 5.4% higher than in 2017. 78.9% of patients were admitted transferred or discharged after spending less than four hours in emergency care facilities, the target is 95%. This is 1.5% lower than in December 2016.