Agenda for Change pay offer accepted by trade unions.

Almost 170,000 nurses and healthcare workers in Scotland, including in Renfrewshire North and West, will receive a 5.5% salary increase this year, ensuring they have the best reward package in the UK.

Unions representing NHS Agenda for Change staff – which includes nurses, midwives, paramedics, allied health professionals, porters and others – unanimously agreed to an investment of more than £448 million for improved pay conditions.

The pay rise, backdated to 1 April 2024, will come into effect from next month.

Commenting, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire North and West, Natalie Don-Innes, said:

“I am pleased that trade unions have unanimously agreed to accept this pay offer, which ensures that nurses and healthcare staff in Renfrewshire, who are part of Agenda for Change, will have the best reward package in the UK.

“I want to express my thanks to our hardworking healthcare staff for the care they provide to patients, day in, day out. They are the very backbone of the NHS and the Scottish Government is committed to ensuring they feel supported and valued.”