It's reported that only NHS frontline won't be capped.
Such a tricky situation as many in society have had an awful overloaded year whereas others have had a good time being paid to stay at home. There has to be some balance with private sector pay inflation but I don't envy the job.
The all NHS staff hero worshipping does get a bit silly when so many do a backoffice role and are paid market rates but get things like a 10% discount at Morrisons.
I don’t really see why NHS front line vs back office is different?
The frontline of any organisation cannot function without the back office work of support, corporate or enabling teams. It’s great for us to worship nurses and doctors but without NhS procurement, finance, payroll, patient services, logistics, laboratory staff etc. the entire effort against covid would have collapsed. These people are all back office workers, surely they are important. It would be the same as if no. doctors/nurses/porters/auxiliaries etc were on shift. It would all fall apart. Both areas compliment each other and are essential. So if both are working through Covid... why wouldn’t they both get the discounts offered?
IMO the NHS discounts from retailers was crass bandwagon jumping anyway.
I 100% support NhS and all they do but I am fed up of the hero worship of certain roles in NHS and that’s it. I do think lots of public sector face being shafted after a very difficult year.
It’s not an easy task to balance books but raiding the public sector, sadly, is a Tory policy default position.