NHS L&D | Career boost for 1 million NHS workers as Gov unveils huge support package

The Government has announced plans to support frontline staff with new action to improve working lives, enhance career progression and tackle violence.

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting unveiled a comprehensive support package as part of a range of recommendations accepted by the government under the Agenda for Change contract - which covers over a million frontline NHS workers - following the agreement of the 2023 pay deal.

The package of measures will address longstanding issues around ensuring staff are paid correctly for the work they deliver. 

Staff being routinely required to work beyond their job description with no compensation has led to a number of local disputes, such as those relating to clinical support worker roles in the Midlands at Kettering General Hospital and University Hospitals of Leicester.