Hundreds of healthcare assistants at University of Nottingham NHS Trust have voted for strike action in a row over pay, says UNISON today (Wednesday). Healthcare assistants at Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital are set to walk out unless hospital managers improve an offer on back pay. Across the Trust, 94% backed strike action. According […]
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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 […]