Nurses and healthcare staff across Scotland have been offered a pay increase of 5.5% by the SNP Government to ensure that they continue to have the best pay package in the UK.
The offer, if accepted by trade unions, will see an additional investment of more than £448 million this year.
Almost 170,000 NHS Agenda for Change staff – including nurses, midwives, paramedics, allied health professionals, porters and others – benefit from the pay rise which will be backdated to 01 April 2024.
Examples of increases for 2024-25:
• Porters (band 2) will receive £1,395.
• Healthcare support workers (band 4) will receive
£1,651.
• Staff nurses (band 5) will receive £2,072.
• Paramedics (band 6) will receive £2,535.
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