Hunt and the entire tory party in 2022:
The INDEPENDENT pay review body has said what it has so we must abide by it.
Steve Barclay himself said on the news that if they had gone against the pay review body that would be challenging.
Jeremy Hunt in 2014:
"The NHSPRB’s recommendations for a 1% consolidated rise for all staff, on top of automatic increments, are unaffordable and would risk the quality of patient care. Without a pay rise, incremental pay increases already commit nearly £1 billion every year for all NHS employees and add 2% each year to the NHS pay bill for Agenda for Change staff. The PRB proposals suggest a pay rise that would risk reductions in front-line staff that could lead to unsafe patient care. It is not possible to maintain appropriate numbers of front-line staff, give a general pay rise of 1 % and pay for incremental progression.
The Government are therefore adopting an approach by which all staff will receive at least an additional 1% of their basic pay next year. All staff who are not eligible to receive incremental pay will be given a 1% non-consolidated payment in 2014-15. Other staff will receive an increase of at least 1% through incremental progression."
https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/debate/2014-03-13/commons/written-statements/pay-review-bodies
