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PAY DEALS

Unite to ballot NHS members over 'substandard' pay award

By Liz Wells 04 June 2025

Unite has begun balloting its NHS members over the recent pay award from the government.

CHESWOLD PARK HOSPITAL

Dispute over staff contract changes at Doncaster hospital

By Liz Wells 29 May 2025

Cheswold Park, a mental health hospital in Doncaster, has 'refused' to update some staff contracts to match NHS standards, creating a ‘two-tier’ workforce, union Unite claims.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Protest against union busting postponed

By Liz Wells 28 May 2025

A demonstration by Unite members at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, due to be held tomorrow (29 May) against ‘union busting’, has been postponed.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Liverpool Hospital lab workers' strike called off after parade incident

By Liz Wells 28 May 2025

A planned strike by workers at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, due to take place on 27 May, was called off after the incident during Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade.

NHS SCOTLAND

NHS Scotland's 8% pay offer accepted by Unite members

By Liz Wells 15 May 2025

Unite the union's NHS Scotland members have 'overwhelmingly' backed a two-year pay offer.

WORKFORCE

Liverpool lab workers balloted for strikes over patient safety fears

By Liz Wells 02 April 2025

Unite members working at the microbiology department at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, run by NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, are being balloted for strikes over 'patient safety fears'.

PAY

Delays to health workers' pay rise 'causing huge problems' for NHS

By Liz Wells 01 April 2025

Trade unions and organisations representing health workers have hit out after the government failed to deliver this year’s pay award on time.

GUYS & ST THOMAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Strike action at Guys and St Thomas' escalates

By Liz Wells 18 March 2025

Strike action by the Rapid Response Team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ (RRT) hospitals is to escalate.

NORTHERN IRELAND AMBULANCE SERVICE

NI Ambulance workers vote for industrial action in shift dispute

By Liz Wells 13 March 2025

Paramedics and ambulance workers at Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) have voted for industrial action over a proposed new shift system.

WORKFORCE

NHS worker wins employment tribunal against trust for detrimental treatment

By Liz Wells 07 March 2025

A worker at York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management, a subsidiary of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has won an employment tribunal after 'detrimental' treatment b...

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