Claim: Many NHS staff will actually get a 1.7% increase to their wages.
Fact-check: What's the deal with NHS pay rises? - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. the government has proposed increasing nhs salaries by 1%. additionally it will spend 0.7% more on increasing the salaries of around 10% of staff significantly while the majority of staff will not benefit from this funding.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-03-23T00:00:00