A source close to the health secretary has said he is keen to speed up the process of reviewing NHS pay so any extra money can go to staff at the earliest opportunity.
But Unison's head of health Sara Gorton said:"Before embarking on the 2023 pay round, ministers need to accept they've not raised wages sufficiently to stop key staff from leaving the service this year.
It follows two days of historic strikes by nurses and ambulance workers, which senior health leaders have warnedMatthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, told Sky News that the health service"coped as well as could be expected" during the strikes due to planning and the public making"less use of 999".
Mr Taylor said:"This winter is going to be incredibly tough, there's nothing we can do about that. But the industrial action adds to what is already a challenging situation, which is why, on behalf of leaders in the NHS, I repeat the call to the government to re-enter negotiations in good faith with the trade unions and to try to find a way of avoiding further industrial action across the winter.
Some Tory MPs have also called on ministers to ask NHS pay reviewers to reconsider their recommendations as a way to end the strikes by offering higher rises.
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