Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 56799

Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body and NHS Pay Review Body: Pay Settlements

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 13 June 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

LabourMiddlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits for recruitment and retention of agreeing a long-term strategy to improve pay in real terms for the workforces covered by (a) the Den

Answer

Karin Smyth
There are no current plans to make these specific assessments. The Government is committed to a credible, independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process as the right mechanism to recommend annual pay increases for most public sector staff. In her statement on ...

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