AQW 45311/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the savings from the rejection of the NHS Pay Review Body’s 1 per cent pay uplift recommendation for 2014/2015; and for a breakdown of how this money had been invested in Health and Social Care.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 30 April 2015
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 30 April 2015
- Answer due by
- 18 May 2015
- Answered
- 15 June 201546 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The decision not to implement the NHS Pay Review Body’s recommendation for 2014/15 had the effect of reducing the pressures on the HSC pay bill by an estimated £12 million and hence contributed to the reduction in the Department's overall forecast funding gap in 2014/15.