Interesting at first I thought this was the proposed pay freeze that was basically old news. But look at the wording a "pay increment" freeze, for those who are not on the top of their band this is a double pay freeze. Firstly the inflation rise that usually comes out in April and your yearly increment. Since a lot of new employees come in on the bottom of the band could this be a ploy to make NHS pay so poor that no one will apply for posts?