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The extra money was due to be paid in November. But the trust halted the payments saying it needed approval from NHS England.

Our Disabled Members are extraordinary, not because we are brave or heroic, not because we live with medical conditions or impairments and not because we are famous. We are extraordinary because we overcome all the barriers society throws in our way to achieve our goals and fulfil our potential.

What we do isn’t just educational support. It’s so much more. We’re counsellors when someone is struggling, comforters when someone needs a safe place to cry, and advocates when our children can’t speak for themselves.

20 November each year marks a day of remembrance for transgender people who have been lost to violence.

Healthcare assistants had been paid at band 2 of the NHS Agenda for Change pay scale, despite increasingly carrying out clinical tasks that should be paid at the higher band 3 rate.

Hundreds of healthcare assistants employed by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust have voted to strike in a fair pay dispute, says UNISON today (Thursday). Staff will walk out in the coming weeks unless there’s an improvement in the amount of back pay the trust is prepared to give them, says the union. The NHS […]

The support staff have been campaigning since 2023 to be regraded to a higher wage band of the NHS Agenda for Change salary scale that better reflects a change in their responsibilities.
The NHS workers have been campaigning since 2023 to be regraded to the next band of the NHS Agenda for Change salary scale.
More than nine in ten nurses and midwives have experienced physical violence while doing their jobs, according to data released by UNISON and Nursing Times today
