NHS workers should receive an early pay rise of 15% or £3,000, whichever is greater, according to Unite.
The union, which has 100,000 members across in the health service, also demanded that pay discussions between the government, the NHS and health trade unions start without delay.
Unite has written to the government to lodge its pay claim for the NHS workforce, saying that this claim would be an important step in the journey to restore the pay that NHS workers have ‘lost’ in the decade of austerity since 2010.