Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 56798

Health Services: Trade Unions

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 implications for his Department's polices of the request of workforce unions for the establishment of direct pay negotiations in the health

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Pay Review Body (PRB) process is the established mechanism for determining pay uplifts in the public sector. PRBs carefully consider evidence submitted to them from a range of stakeholders, including the Government and trade unions.The Government is c...

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