Proper pay will help us retain staff and deliver services

摘要

For any supporter of public services, health secretary Jeremy Hunt's plans to increase NHS staff pay by 6.5% over three years has to be good news. After years of austerity and pay restraint, health workers deserve some recognition of their hard work.But while no one would begrudge the NHS workforce a penny, the pay hike creates a big dilemma for local government: What about care staff? With a 2% pay offer on the table for council employees, the gap between care and health pay continues to widen.