All Trade unions articles – Page 4
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NewsJunior doctors to strike over four days in August
Junior doctors will walk out for four days next month after announcing their fifth round of industrial action.
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NewsEnglish band 8 and 9 staff now paid 12pc less than Scottish peers
Band 8 and 9 staff are typically being paid at least 11-13 per cent more in Scotland than in England, after several recent Agenda for Change pay deals have resulted in the gap significantly widening for senior staff, it has emerged.
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NewsRedundancy pay cap ‘would hit ICB and national staff’, union warns
Integrated care board and national agency staff could be hit by government plans to cap redundancy payments at £100,000, as they are required to cut running costs, a union has warned.
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NewsConsultants vote to strike in July
Hospital consultants in England have voted in favour of taking strike action over their pay dispute with the government, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsNursing strikes over as ballot falls short
The Royal College of Nursing’s ballot for further strike action in the English NHS has not met the required threshold, putting an end to any further nursing strikes for the immediate future.
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NewsNHS ‘missing 10,000 managers’
Up to 10,000 NHS managers have been “missing” from hospitals and community services since 2010, according to a new report.
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NewsConsultants set July strike dates
Hospital consultants in England will walk out for two days in July if their ongoing strike ballot is successful, they have said.
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NewsStaff will get pay deal uplift in ‘summer’
The government will implement the pay deal it has agreed with Agenda for Change unions, with staff due to receive payments in the summer, it has announced.
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NewsUnion majority set to back pay deal
A majority of the NHS Staff Council is set to support the Agenda for Change pay deal agreed between unions and government, HSJ understands.
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NewsHealth secretary to seek legal action over nursing strike
The health secretary will be seeking legal action regarding the Royal College of Nursing’s planned strike on 2 May, it has been announced.
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NewsCQC inspectors to strike over pay
Hundreds of Care Quality Commission staff are to strike over pay next month, including those working in inspections teams.
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NewsServices risk being scaled back over unfunded NHS pay rises
Unfunded NHS pay rises will likely lead to essential frontline public health and community services being scaled back, senior sector figures have warned.
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NewsCQC staff to work to rule from next week
Care Quality Commission staff belonging to four trade unions will begin “action short of a strike” from Monday, HSJ has learned.
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NewsWhat the pay deal means for each band
The government and Agenda for Change unions have reached a deal in their pay dispute, which the biggest unions will ask their members to support in ballots, while pausing strike action.
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CommentMake the mental health of NHS staff a priority
As work-related stress and the cost-of-living crisis takes a toll on mental health of NHS staff, policymakers need to ensure national-level action complements and enables local initiatives to reduce stress, improve physical wellbeing and manage workloads of staff, writes Zosia Walecka
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NewsNo ambulance strikes this week after Unite's last minute decision
Next week’s ambulance strikes have been suspended as all three major unions have agreed to talks with the government, saying they have been told there is additional cash on the table.
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HSJ Local‘Significant escalation’ in strike action, warns ambulance chief
Ambulance chiefs have warned of a ‘significant escalation’ in the strike action being planned by unions next week – saying the flexibilities that helped deal with previous walk-outs will no longer be available.
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NewsDates for three-day junior doctors strike announced
Thousands of junior doctors will walk out from 13 March until the morning of 16 March, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsJunior doctors plan 72-hour ‘full walkout’
Junior doctors across England are set to go on strike for 72 hours next month in a major escalation in unions’ dispute with the government over pay.
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NewsMore trusts vote to strike
Staff at another four ambulance services have voted to take strike action in the ongoing dispute over pay, the union Unison has announced.