Stable work and fair pay are contributing factors to health and wellbeing

The second year of the 2018 pay deal for staff covered by the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service will continue to ensure that all directly employed NHS staff will be earning more than the Living Wage Foundation’s Real Living Wage rate in 2019/20. Anthony Hassall, chief accountable officer at NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group, one of only 15 NHS organistions in England to be accredited by the Living Wage Foundation, explains some of the issues that the Real Living Wage raises for NHS leaders considering signing up to this standard.