NHS staff are being urged to write to new cabinet minister for health and care Mabon ap Gwynfor calling on him to prioritise pay, says UNISON today (Wednesday). The letter highlights growing anger among nurses, healthcare assistants, porters and other NHS workers over a 3.3% pay award that fails to keep pace with rising living costs. Staff say years of […]
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Welsh Government has imposed a 3.3% pay rise for Agenda for Change staff from 1 April 2026. UNISON Cymru says it is not enough and is demanding urgent talks to fix unfair pay band compression and improve the NHS pay structure.
On 12 February 2026, Welsh Government announced it had accepted the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) recommendation from 1 April 2026. You can read the statement here. For years, the PRB has failed to report on time, leaving NHS staff waiting months to receive their annual pay award. The recommended pay award is a 3.3% uplift, […]
NHS staff across Wales are likely to be angry with another below inflation pay award, says UNISON Cymru today (Thursday). With inflation at 4.2%, the union says the 3.3% rise announced by health secretary Jeremy Miles will leave nurses, healthcare assistants, porters and catering staff worse off in real terms. The union says health workers’ […]
More than 1,000 healthcare support workers at Swansea Bay University Health Board will finally receive years of compensation they’re owed after their employer agreed to honour a deal to settle a long-running dispute
Welsh Ambulance Service staff are to be balloted for industrial action over their below-inflation pay award
Update for Band 2 healthcare support workers in Wales: UNISON has communicated that, as the agreement has not been signed off, we will prepare for further action across Wales.
Commenting on the announcement today (Thursday) that NHS staff in Wales are to receive a 3.6% pay rise this year, UNISON Cymru head of health Tanya Bull said: “The pay rise barely matches inflation and the money will be landing in pay packets late. “A reliance on the slow, outdated and unnecessary pay review body process has once […]
Health workers in Wales and across the UK will be honoured at the birthplace of NHS founder Nye Bevan this weekend.
As part of UNISON’s campaign for a National Care Service in Wales, we have 2 free tickets for Care Workers to watch Michael Sheen show Nye at the Wales Millennium Centre un Cardiff.
But UNISON welcomes Welsh government’s continued commitment to living wage
Union wins praise from Welsh government minister for identifying concerns at Betsi Cadwaladr hospitals
UNION will carry out further survey to check that the health board has implemented measures to improve conditions
Largest NHS union puts its weight behind Welsh government’s Choose Well call
Meetings arranged as survey reveals the impact on morale of the health board’s problems