HC Deb 27 April 1994 vol 242 cc218-9W
36. Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on pay levels for national health service staff in Scotland.

Mr. Stewart

The Government have accepted in full the recommendations of the review bodies on the pay of doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives, health visitors and the professions allied to medicine in 1994–95. Negotiations on the pay of other staff on national terms and conditions are in progress in the Whitley councils. NHS trusts are free to negotiate locally on the pay of staff on trust terms and conditions of service.