Members of Unison have voted to accept a pay offer aimed at resolving the long-running NHS dispute.<br /><br />The union announced that 74% of those who voted backed the deal of a 5% pay rise this year and a cash payment for last year.<br /><br />The turnout was 52% among Unison’s 288,000 members in England.<br /><br />Unison’s head of health Sara Gorton said: “This vote might end Unison’s dispute, but it doesn’t solve the wider staffing emergency affecting every part of the NHS.”<br /><br />The decision was revealed ahead of an announcement by the Royal College of Nursing of its ballot among nurses on the same offer.
