The payments also mark the successful conclusion of UNISON’s Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign across the north east.
healthcare assistants
The extra money was due to be paid in November. But the trust halted the payments saying it needed approval from NHS England.
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.
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
Healthcare assistants were due to walk out for a fifth time with two further days of action next week as part of their campaign to get the correct wage rates and fair back pay