United Kingdom - Wage increase for hospital workers - April 30, 2024

Hundreds of hospital workers in the South West are celebrating victory after NHS and Sodexo respectively committed to paying the lump sum bonuses due to them. The one-off payment, part of a deal agreed for all staff on NHS contracts and Agenda for Change, is worth at least £ 1,655 (€ 1,928) for full-time health workers. Staff at Wiltshire’s six community hospitals had taken two days of strike action over the company’s previous refusal to honour the payment, already given to health workers employed directly by the NHS in June 2022.

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