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Last week the Government announced that they would honour the NHS Pay Review Body recommendation in full. See below full details of the pay award and GMBs ballot.

A significant number of GMB@EMAS members have expressed their disappointment with the implementation of Section 2 and the unfair treatment of some staff.

This week the Government announced that they would be honouring the NHS Pay Review Body recommendation on pay.

Last week, EMAS issued further clarification regarding the nationally agreed Band-to-Band reversion back to Annex 5. The GMB fundamentally disagreed with the Trust’s interpretation of this national agreement.

NHS workers are still waiting for this year’s pay award and GMB has now written to the Secretary of State regarding this and enclosing a copy of GMBs Pay Claim… Read the letter here…

NHS workers have been disappointed once again by the Conservative Government, which left office without implementing the scheduled pay award for April 1, 2024.

The GMB has released an FAQ sheet for the 2024/25 pay campaign, clarifying details about the delayed pay deal initially set for April 1, 2024. As the UK government has not yet released the award, the GMB continues advocating for better NHS and Ambulance Service pay, promising to update as more details become available.

GMB has written again to the Secretary of State to call for pay negotiations to speed up this year’s pay award which was due on the 1st April.

The GMB EMAS Executive team has been actively collaborating with EMAS to address issues identified in a leadership survey from December 2023. Major improvements include the refinement of the Attendance Policy and the development of a new process for handling work-related injuries, aiming to streamline reporting and enhance transparency. Additional efforts focus on leadership training, compassionate leadership, flexible working requests, and improving staff welfare and safety, with ongoing improvements in relief working and the implementation of the People Strategy.