Health trusts body calls for debate on national pay bargaining in NHS

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Health trusts body calls for debate on national pay bargaining in NHS

The Foundation Trust Network (FTN), representing more than 200 NHS trusts across England says new ways of negotiating pay need to be considered, the BBC reports today.

Chris Hopson, FTN chief executive, is quoted as saying: "Trusts now have a pressing need for the NHS to start discussing the different ways we could set pay, terms and conditions including looking at whether we should set pay nationally, regionally or trust by trust - exactly the same debate as the education service is now having."