people are appointed for a period of time. i think it is two lots of three years usually. i5 time. i think it is two lots of three years usually.- time. i think it is two lots of three years usually. is it paid for b the three years usually. is it paid for by the government? three years usually. is it paid for by the government? just - three years usually. is it paid for by the government? just in - three years usually. is it paid forl by the government? just in terms three years usually. is it paid for - by the government? just in terms of its absolute impartiality and independence, ijust want its absolute impartiality and independence, i just want to make its absolute impartiality and independence, ijust want to make it categorically clear that there is no skew towards the government line on this? , ., ., this? there isn t. i have sat on pay review bodies, this? there isn t. i have sat on pay review bodies, not this? there isn t. i have sat on pay review bodies, notjust thi
through this winter, but we need fundamental change in the nhs to deal with what is the biggest crisis in its history, and that is what labour is looking to do. as long as the government won t talk about giving health workers any more pay now, saying the state of public finances doesn t allow it and the need to control inflation is vital, then more strikes are coming. ambulance staff this week, nurses and maybe doctors after that. review body, jerry cope. in the last hour i spoke to the former chair of the nhs pay review body, jerry cope. he began by assuring me the body is independent and how the review is carried out. it is fiercely independent. and all the members of the review body value their independence. it can only work if it s independent, of course. but how does it decide? well, it looks at comparability with other professions, looks at the rate of inflation, it looks at retention, it looks at recruitment, all those
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and of course, we ve got a set of pay proposals that are way below the rate of inflation and don t affect the impact on the cost of living crisis. so what we d like to do is get improvements on all of those, get some serious dialogue and some revisions to their current positions, and then we can put that to our members. dan panes, spokesperson for the rail delivery group which represents train companies, explained how they hope to resolve the strikes there are three things, i suppose, that need to come together, to get a deal that is acceptable to everybody. the first is making sure that we have got a fair, sensible pay rise that we can offer to colleagues, and the rnc, and the colleagues, and the rnc, and the colleagues and the unions, have to be happy with that. from a railway perspective, we need to make sure that we have got some reforms that will help pay for those pay increases, while making sure that the industry is adapting to the new ways that people are using the railways. an