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.
HCA Campaign
The NHS workers have been campaigning since 2023 to be regraded to the next band of the NHS Agenda for Change salary scale.
The South Tyneside and Sunderland health workers had also campaigned for months to be given fair back pay for the work they had already undertaken.
The union says staff should have been paid at a higher rate due to their increasingly complex duties and be awarded fair back pay.
Hundreds of healthcare assistants are to receive a substantial wage rise and back pay after their campaign to achieve fair pay brought the employers to the negotiating table
Hundreds of healthcare assistants at North Tees Hospital and Hartlepool Hospital are refusing to rule out strike action as they step up their fight for fair pay, says UNISON today (Thursday). The staff, employed by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, say they have been underpaid for their work. According to NHS guidance, healthcare assistants on salary band 2 should only be providing […]
Following a UNISON led campaign in collaboration with Newcastle Hospitals.