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Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body and NHS Pay Review Body: Pay Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits for recruitment and retention of agreeing a long-term strategy to improve pay in real terms for the workforces covered by (a) the Den

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
5 Jun 2025
Answer
13 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits for recruitment and retention of agreeing a long-term strategy to improve pay in real terms for the workforces covered by (a) the Den

  2. 5 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    There are no current plans to make these specific assessments. The Government is committed to a credible, independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process as the right mechanism to recommend annual pay increases for most public sector staff. In her statement on ...

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