The authorities might face a judicial overview after excluding some well being staff from a one-off bonus.

The sum was a part of a pay deal for greater than 1,000,000 NHS employees in England this 12 months and was partly to recognise their work because the pandemic.

But hundreds of outsourced employees, resembling group nurses and physiotherapists, is not going to obtain it – a call described as an “injustice”.

The authorities stated it was contemplating its place.

The staff had been instructed they didn’t qualify for the funds of between £1,655 and £3,789 as a result of they weren’t immediately employed by the NHS. Instead, they work for not-for-profit organisations, resembling social enterprises, which collectively present a 3rd of group well being providers for the NHS.

About 20,000 well being employees are thought to work in these providers in England, the Department of Health and Social Care stated.

Social Enterprise UK, an trade physique which represents greater than 10,000 of these staff, instructed the BBC it had began the method of making use of for a judicial overview, because it believed the association was “completely unfair”.

Chief government Peter Holbrook stated social enterprises had been a “crucial part of the NHS family”, using hundreds of employees and reinvesting earnings in communities.

Many of the healthcare staff Mr Holbrook represents had been beforehand employed by the NHS earlier than being transferred to impartial suppliers as a part of a transfer to outsource some providers.

Among these is Julie Tollit, a physiotherapist working for a group supplier in houses, clinics, hospitals and colleges.

“I am employed by Central Surrey Health to work for the NHS – all my patients are NHS and consider me NHS,” she stated.

Ms Tollit is employed below the identical phrases and circumstances as her NHS counterparts.

She stated: “I feel completely demoralised. Our team worked throughout the pandemic, we worked incredibly hard, we were treating patients in the community trying to keep them out of hospital to help prevent more admissions for those hospitals which were overwhelmed. We worked tirelessly. Apparently, my work doesn’t count. Frankly it’s a slap in the face.”

The government announced a 5% pay rise for greater than 1,000,000 NHS employees in England earlier this 12 months. It stated it was agreed throughout negotiations that outsourced employees wouldn’t get the extra bonus.

A spokesperson stated: “We hugely value the work of all our healthcare staff” and added that the federal government was “considering its position” regarding non-NHS employees funds.

Some “bank” staff – well being employees at different organisations, deemed “non statutory” – together with these working in nursing houses and GP providers, have additionally missed out on the lump sums.

Separate pay offers had been made for employees working within the NHS in Wales and Scotland.