So, bankers bonuses are not needed then? And MPs don’t need it either?
“A health minister has sparked anger by claiming that NHS pay freezes have had no effect on staff morale.
Health minister Alastair Burt argues that NHS staff surveys show slight improvements in morale in recent years.
NHS pay costs were frozen between 2011 and 2013 and then pinned to 1% – although many staff, including most doctors, were at first refused 1% increases this year.
Non-medical staff eventually got a 1% staff after a series of one-day strikes.
Asked by the MP for Sheffield Heeley, Louise Haigh, he said: “There is no evidence that the pay freeze affected staff morale.”
Royal College of Nursing chief executive Janet Davies criticised his interpretation of the survey findings.
She said: “This is an interesting perception of NHS nurse morale which bears little relation to what we’re hearing on the frontline or what the NHS’ own staff survey revealed.
“The economic evidence speaks for itself. Nurses who are struggling to make ends meet are choosing to work for agencies instead.”
She added: “The Government must start taking the concerns of NHS staff seriously, by valuing the important work they are doing and giving them a decent wage. Five years of pay freezes would affect anyone’s morale.”
doctors.net.uk
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In the absence of formal survey evidence either way, common sense would suggest that strikes are a clear indicator of staff disaffection…
But Alastair Burt decides to assume the opposite, against common sense, because it supports his case and a common sense viewpoint wouldn’t.
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