GMB lambasts health secretary for slipping out letter late on a Friday, saying staff will ‘rightly be angry’
Unions and the Labour leadership have criticised the health secretary over a delayed pay rise for NHS staff, as it was revealed that he had emphasised “affordability” must determine the size of healthcare workers’ wage increases.
In a letter to the NHS pay review body chair formally beginning the process on Friday, Matt Hancock repeatedly underlined that wage increases must be influenced by the country’s economic situation.
