Yes, All " Public " Employees have taken the brunt of this wage freeze, either in actual wages or "Cost Cutting " reduction of services..... IE staff numbers.
How small minded and selfish, I applaud this step in the right direction. It isn't going to make up for the years of poor or non-existent rises which mean the many NHS staff,and indeed, millions of other low paid workers who have effectively had a pay cut due to stagnant wage growth compared to...
About time, pity the amount of earnings they have lost thanks to years of below inflation pay rises. Inflation running at close to 3% immediately takes a big chunk out of this three year deal though.