Strike action threatened after NHS pay increase revealed

• Doctors are threatening strike action after receiving above-inflation pay raises of 4 per cent.
• The union argues the increases are insufficient to address historical pay freezes and rising living costs.
• Ministers announced the increases after the latest review of the public sector pay.
• Other NHS workers, such as nurses, midwives, and physiotherapists, will receive a 3.6 per cent pay rise, but some unions are considering rejecting the offer, arguing that it is “entirely swallowed up by inflation”.
• Other public sector workers, including armed forces personnel, prison officers, and judges, will also receive pay increases.

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Doctors’ union says above-inflation pay rises aren’t enough as they threaten strike action