Members of Scotland’s largest NHS union have voted to accept the Scottish Government’s pay offer.
Another union, GMBThe pay offer – which was made to 160,000 NHS staff, including nurses, midwives and paramedics – equates to an average 6.5% increase in 2023/24.
It also includes the commitment to modernising Agenda for Change, which is nearly 20 years old, to support workforce recruitment, sustainability and retention.committee chair Wilma Brown said: “While acceptance of this pay offer removes the spectre of industrial action, there is no room for complacency.“Government commitments to review the working week, deliver fair wage rises on promotion and tackle the workforce crisis must make rapid progress.
“Unison has agreed to go straight back into talks with the government to review nursing, reduce staff vacancies and look again at NHS pay structures.
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