U.K.
Nurses and a wide range of other healthworkers are to get a basic pay increase of 2.5% this year after the government agreed to recommendations from the nurses' pay review body. The pay review bodies are government appointed bodies which consult over pay and other conditions for around 40% of the public sector workforce, including nurses, doctors, senior civil servants, prison officers, teachers, the police and members of the armed forces. The government then decides whether to implement the review body recommendations. Senior civil servants will get 3.25% and continue to benefit from a long-term plan to increase their pay in line with the private sector. The Prison Officers' Association reacted angrily to the 1.6% pay increase its members were offered and reports widespread calls for strike action in protest.
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