NHS nurses, midwives, paramedics and other healthcare staff across Scotland have voted to accept a 8% pay deal over two years. Scotland's Health Secretary Neil Gray said 170,000 NHS staff would ...

Ministers have been told a salary rise for NHS workers must get into pay packets “as soon as possible” after Scotland’s largest health union became the latest to accept an 8% wage hike.

Differences continue with pay deals for NHS staff. Workers in Scotland, excluding doctors and dentists who negotiate separately, have agreed a 4.25% rise this year.

The latest NHS Scotland waiting times data shows her wait is one of 38,702 that have been ongoing for a year or more, an increase of 1,082 from the same date last year. These waits accounted for ...

1. Audit Scotland, NHS in Scotland 2024, page 16 2. Nuffield Trust, Pay and Cost of Agency Staffing, 2023 3. NHS Employers – Agenda for Change Pay Scales, 2024 4.

A sheriff said the PPE was sold out of sheer greed at "a time when the world was in a heightened state of fear and anxiety at ...