The government have announced that they will honour the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) recommendations on pay for 2024/25 in full. These are:
- Uplifting all pay points for Agenda for Change (AfC) staff by 5.5% on a consolidated basis, taking effect from 1 April 2024.
- Adding intermediate pay points at AfC Bands 8a and above.
- Working with the NHS Staff Council to take forward the PRB’s recommendations on AfC pay structures.
GMB will now run a consultative ballot on the imposed pay award for all GMB members across the NHS and ambulance service. Only GMB members will be eligible to vote.
You should by now have received via email your instructions on how to vote. If you have not received this please contact us.
This ballot is for members to inform GMB whether you are happy with the pay award or not, and if not, whether you would be willing to take part in industrial action to pursue an improved pay award.
A reject vote is your vote to state that you are not happy with pay award and are willing to take part in industrial action.
If GMB members vote to say they are not happy with the pay award and are willing to take industrial action to pursue this further, GMB may move to a formal ballot for industrial action in your workplace. It is important to note that a large majority of GMB members would need to vote against the pay award and be willing to take part in industrial action for us to pursue an improved pay award.
GMB is looking for GMB members in workplaces to volunteer to be ‘voter champions’. These are members who speak to their colleagues during a ballot period to encourage them to vote.
GMB welcomes this pay award as the first step towards addressing pay across the NHS but is not making any voter recommendation in this ballot as it falls short of GMBs pay claim.
The ballot closes at noon on Friday 4th October 2024. Please ensure your ballot is completed by this time.