NHS staff discover they will get hundreds of pounds less than many thought

Nearly a million NHS staff are due to receive a long-awaited pay rise at the end of this month. But new figures released quietly last week have caused fury—and confusion even amongst some unions.

By Caroline Molloy

Published: July 18, 2018, 4:07 pm

Image: Nurses protest against the government's pay cap, September 2017. Credit: NurPhoto/SIPA/PA Images

BREAKING NEWS: UPDATE 20:15, 25th July 2018:

The head of the Royal College of Nursing, Janet Davies, has today taken the unprecedented step of writing to members to apologise that staff were given incorrect information about their pay deal voted on in the Spring, and large numbers have received less than the RCN told them they would receive. The email (seen by OurNHS) confirms OurNHS's revelations last week. In it, Ms Davies says:

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