HEALTH unions warned that the NHS workforce crisis will get worse unless next month’s 3.3 per cent pay rise is improved.In a letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, 14 unions representing more than a million health workers said that staff were angry and felt “deeply let down” after years of falling wages and relentless pressure.Ministers have wasted an opportunity to deal with headline pay awards and reform of the pay structure by relying on the “discredited” NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) process, rather than negotiating directly with unions, said the letter.

HEALTH unions warned that the NHS workforce crisis will get worse unless next month’s 3.3 per cent pay rise is improved.

In a letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, 14 unions representing more than a million health workers said that staff were angry and felt “deeply let down” after years of falling wages and relentless pressure.

Ministers have wasted an opportunity to deal with headline pay awards and reform of the pay structure by relying on the “discredited” NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) process, rather than negotiating directly with unions, said the letter.

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