About 2,000 Queensland Health workers are set to take protected industrial action in a bid for better pay after negotiations with the state government stalled.

Medical staff including radiographers, pharmacists and oral health professionals, who are members of the United Workers Union (UWU) will begin rolling protected industrial action from Friday.

The UWU said 98 per cent of those who voted in its ballot to consider the government's proposal, which included an 8 per cent pay rise over three years, rejected it.

It said the state government's offer would not have provided attraction and retention bonuses, and therefore would have led to wage cuts for some workers.

UWU Health and Ambulance coordinator Fiona Scanlon said none of the union's claims to improve wages and conditions were app

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