The government has said every 1% rise in pay for nurses would cost £700m. But are they right?
When discussing the nurses' strike, Health Minister Maria Caulfield told presenter Nick Robinson on Today "for every per cent we would have to put pay up that's £700m we would have to find".The £700m figure comes from the NHS pay reviewthat describes how much money would be needed to fund a pay rise for a much larger group of NHS workers in England and not just nurses.
Changes to their pay is set as part of what is called the "Agenda for Change" - a system which aligns pay and career progression among these groups, meaning pay rises apply to everyone under this contract.on staff in England shows that non-medical staff - excluding nurses - make up about 378,000 people working in hospitals and communities.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: "We are sympathetic to our hard-working NHS staff and realise these are challenging economic times.
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