Healthcare support workers (HCSWs) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) are entering their third round of strike action in a long-running dispute over backpay. After taking 15 days of action in April, May and June, they are now taking 14 consecutive days of strike action. To date, NUH has failed to make a fair […]
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Striking NHS staff from Nottingham have taken their fight for fair pay to Parliament this week, calling on MPs to intervene to help end a long-running row over back pay, says UNISON today (Thursday). Healthcare support workers are owed thousands of pounds after being made to carry out clinical duties way above their pay grade […]
Hundreds of healthcare support workers at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust will strike again next week after talks to resolve a long-running pay dispute broke down, says UNISON. Staff at Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital will walk out from Monday 9 June until Saturday 14 June – their longest strike to date. The industrial […]
Hundreds of healthcare support workers at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust are to walk out again this week and next as their long-running pay dispute continues, says UNISON. Staff at Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital are on strike today (Tuesday), followed by a further 72-hour walkout starting on Monday 19 May. The industrial action […]
Hundreds of healthcare support workers at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust will take strike action from next week in a row over pay, says UNISON. Staff at Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital are set to walk out on Thursday 10 and Friday 11, with further strikes planned for 17, 22 and 28 April*. In […]
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust claims it has ‘no evidence’ of healthcare assistants working above their pay grade, despite overwhelming examples from staff used to plug gaps in NHS care during Covid, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Around 1,900 healthcare assistants at the trust are now being asked to vote for strike action over backdated earnings for […]
Hundreds of healthcare support workers at Kettering General, Leicester General, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield, and Northampton General hospitals have begun the first of three days of strike action today (Tuesday). The Trusts that oversee the five hospitals are all led by the same chief executive, Richard Mitchell, who has failed to come up with a […]
Hundreds of healthcare assistants at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) have voted for strike action in a row over pay. Healthcare assistants at Leicester General Hospital, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester Royal Infirmary are set to walk out unless hospital managers improve an offer on back pay. Across the trust, 94.46% backed strike action. […]
Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and Kettering General Hospital Foundation NHS Trust are demanding the correction of a historic issue that results in them being underpaid for clinical work they are routinely expected to undertake. This is part of UNISON’s Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign, which has seen HCAs in […]
Healthcare assistants at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust are calling for the recognition and pay they deserve, as concerns grow about staff leaving for better paying jobs, says UNISON. According to the union, healthcare assistants should be on an NHS salary band 3 if they undertake clinical tasks such as observations, venepuncture, wound management […]