NHS: the “uplift” dwindles
Health Service workers were expecting an extra £700 in September pay packets this month after a much delayed £1,400 flat-rate uplift was added in. But many of us received less than we did in August, and many more got only a few pence more. What happened? In 2021 the government realised that they could significantly delay announcements on NHS pay without provoking any reaction from the health unions. Since then it has become custom to announce on pay several months after 1 April, when the new pay structure should be introduced. Although the unions are all in dispute about the miserly £1,400...