Nurses: Equal Pay
(asked on 1st April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the permanent secretary for health in the Northern Ireland Executive on ensuring the equalisation of pay rates for nurses in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK.
This question was answered on 9th April 2019
In November 2018, the Department of Health in Northern Ireland applied the English NHS pay settlement to Northern Ireland, representing a 3% or more uplift to staff on most pay scales.
As health is devolved, nurses pay in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Department of Health.