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flag Northern Ireland's healthcare workers will get a delayed 3.6% pay rise in October due to a £614 million funding shortfall.

flag Northern Ireland's Finance Minister John O’Dowd confirmed healthcare workers will receive a delayed 3.6% pay rise, despite a £614 million health funding shortfall, with £200 million tied to nurses' pay. flag Originally due in April, the increase is now postponed to October amid concerns nurses may strike by November if unresolved. flag O’Dowd blamed insufficient UK government funding and said his department is working with health officials to secure the pay uplift, though opposition figures criticized delays and shifting responsibility.

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