Peter May, the top civil servant in the health department, says pay rises are currently impossible.
By John CampbellGiving Northern Ireland health service staff the same pay deal as workers in England could only be funded by making service cuts on an unprecedented scale, a senior civil servant has warned.
Peter May said he is aware of the "potential impact this could have on staff and on industrial relations".accepted by a majority of unions representing NHS England staffMr May made the comments in a letter to Stormont's parties as part of a consultation exercise on the health budget. He said: "Funding this pay offer under the current budget settlement would require large scale cuts on an unprecedented scale, with severe and lasting implications for health and social care services.
"This involves trying to balance our responsibilities to live within the budget we have been given, act in the public interest and safeguard services."Almost £35m is to be cut from a programme aimed at reducing the huge backlog in Northern Ireland's waiting lists.
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