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NHS pay award: what are nurses’ options after saying 3.6% isn’t enough?

Nursing staff on Agenda for Change contracts have made it clear to their unions that their pay award for 2025-26 is not enough. We look at what union consultation results mean and what other factors could affect nurses’ pay, with options including an appeal for direct negotiations with the government or a ballot on strike action or industrial action short of a strike

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A picket line during a previous nurses’ strike. Options now include holding a ballot on industrial action or on action short of a strike.

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