NHS workers are getting pay rises. A NHS 3-year settlement was agreed in 2018 ensuring a 6.5% pay increase for over one million NHS workers on Agenda for Change contracts. Doctors were not part of the three year deal and are receiving 2.8% rise this year.
 
In addition to the 6.5% pay rise over the three years, the starting salary for newly qualified nurses has also increased by more than 12% and the Government has introduced a nurses’ bursary which provides at least £5,000 of additional support to nursing students.