Health unions step back from next year’s NHS pay talks amid current dispute

Unions say health secretary's refusal to increase 2022-23 offer has made it impossible' to talk about next year's deal

Health unions will not submit joint evidence to the NHS pay review body about the rise staff should get in 2023-24, in a move that threatens the system by which most health service pay is decided.

Unions representing more than 1 million NHS staff announced on Wednesday that they would not share their views on what next year's uplift should be while the dispute over this year's uplift was still ongoing.