AQW 11644/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 07/12/2020
Answered On Date: 20/05/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the work of the Chief Nursing Officer on the banding issue around bands five and six, whether a budget has been set aside to enable an uplift in pay for intensive care unit nurses backdated to the beginning of the current financial year.

Answer:

This interim uplift will apply for the period 1st October 2020 until 31st March 2021 and will be met from within existing budget allocations.