NHS staff urge local MPs to kickstart talks as government stalls on pay promises, says UNISON

NHS staff are to ask English MPs to help kickstart promised, but recently postponed, pay talks to boost the morale of health workers battling at the heart of the winter health crisis, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Healthcare workers are being encouraged to write to their local MPs asking them to call on health and social […]

Pay is key to turning around NHS fortunes, warns UNISON

The government’s plans to limit wage rises across the NHS to 2.8% next year will go down badly with staff already facing a hellish winter, says UNISON. The decision to delay talks on the promised modernisation of NHS pay scales until the second half of next year isn’t helpful, says UNISON. Similarly, insisting the cost […]

Latest pay rise must be the start of turning NHS fortunes around, says UNISON

Commenting on the announcement by the chancellor that the government is to accept the pay review body recommendation of a 5.5% wage rise for all NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts in England for 2024/25, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:   “This is a government thankfully prepared to act quite differently from its predecessors.  […]

Low-income NHS staff paying the price for wage delays, says UNISON

Government delays on NHS pay have resulted in thousands of the lowest-paid health workers across Yorkshire and Humberside being removed from financial schemes aimed at making their travel to work and childcare bills more affordable, says UNISON today (Tuesday). With the lowest hourly rate in the NHS now just a penny more than the national […]

Yorkshire Ambulance Service Strike: picket lines across the region

Yorkshire Ambulance Service Strike: picket lines across the region tomorrow Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) staff will commence twelve hours of strike action on Wednesday 11th January. Here are the confirmed picket lines at ambulance stations and other YAS workplaces. Picket lines will run for 12 hours – 10am to 10pm. Hull   Sutton Fields Ambulance […]