NHS proposes pay freeze to prevent job losses

Date: 05/01/2011

NHS bosses could experience a dip in employee motivation after proposals of a pay freeze to prevent job losses.

NHS chief executives have signed a letter supporting the proposal to allow a freeze on incremental pay for all staff, in return for a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies.

The suggestion has been made after discussions with trade unions aimed to avoid job losses.

The public sector will have been experiencing low staff morale this Christmas as workers waited for news of redundancies after government spending cuts threatened to put thousands out of work.

And yesterday a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) predicted that there would be 120,000 public sector workers out of work in 2011.

The letter from 12 NHS chief executives was published in the Health Service Journal.

It said: "We believe that this is a fair deal and one that can be delivered.

"It is not only desirable as a way of dealing with financial pressures, it is essential in order to be able to protect employment and staffing levels."

Posted by Jo Morgan

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