NHS Providers responds to news that majority of unions will not take part in NHS Pay Review Body

Responding to news that a number of unions representing NHS workers will not submit evidence to the pay review body this year, chief executive of NHS Providers Daniel Elkeles said:
 
“This decision must be a wake-up call for national NHS leaders. It’s clear that the deep-rooted dissatisfaction NHS staff feel about their terms and conditions needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. 
 
“Given the scale of the pay demands facing the NHS, we need creative thinking and solutions to resolve long-standing problems in the pay system. 
 
“We must avoid this dissatisfaction spilling over into more industrial action. The last thing NHS trust leaders want to see as they try to get the NHS back on track is more disruptive walkouts by staff.”