Boris Johnson is facing pressure to increase the proposed pay increase for NHS staff, with health workers in Scotland being told that their pay would increase by 4%.
With the submission of doctors in England to the NHS Salary Review Body by the UK Government, the possibility of a 1% salary increase.
However, in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon’s government offered more than 4,000 per cent of NHS staff in payment brackets 1 to 7, a 4 per cent salary increase in December.
Central leaders and opposition leaders have said that the Westminster government should now be “embarrassed” to follow the Scottish example.
Sarah Gorton, head of health, Unison, said: “It shows that where there is political will, there is definitely a way. Validating the health workforce and investing in the NHS is a political option. A Boris Johnson and Sage craze chose not to make. “
The union official said: ‘After a long and difficult year, a decent wage increase for NHS employees should be a simple decision to make and popularize with the public. “
“The Westminster government should learn from the north of the border to the NHS salaries and be ashamed to follow the Scottish example.”
Former Plaid Simru leader Leanne Wood praised the SNP administration for offering more generous salaries than the Westminster government.
“This is what happens when your healthcare and exhausting activists applaud your government in an incredibly difficult year,” said the Welsh Assembly member. “Good job from the Scottish Government.”
The Scottish TUC welcomed a “significant change” in the Scottish Government’s position on NHS salaries. “Health unions are in a difficult conversation as health workers are making a difficult turn.”
Nicola Sturgeon praised the NHS and carers
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British ministers argued that 1 per cent is all that can be tolerated in England due to the epidemic, as other public sector workers face a pay freeze.
When asked by Sky News why Ms. Sturgeon’s government has become more liberal, Conservative Minister Vicky Ford said: ‘We want to make sure that even in these difficult times for the economy, it will be a wage increase. NHS Staff. “
Scotland’s 4% wage increase scheme will include paramedics, nurses as well as support staff and porters, and health and service workers are on top of £ 500 payments to social organizations for their efforts during the epidemic.
Leaders of healthcare unions in Scotland said the salary proposal announced on the eve of Holyrode’s election campaign would now be discussed by members.
“The Kovid-19 epidemic has clearly demonstrated the unique value of the nursing profession,” said Royal College of Nursing Scotland principal Susan Atenkade. “Our members will review the Scottish Government’s proposal in the next few weeks.”
Ms Sturgeon said ‘our NHS staff deserve applause and 1% is not enough’. A spokesman for his government said the deal would be “the most generous NHS pay increase in the UK” if accepted.