Nurses and different Agenda for Change workers at an NHS belief in London are going to strike on one of many similar days as their junior physician colleagues subsequent week.
Unite the union has introduced that its members at Man’s and St Thomas’ NHS Basis Belief will maintain a 24-hour strike from 7am on Thursday 13 July.
“The NHS’ recruitment and retention disaster is worsening by the day” Sharon Graham
Amongst these taking strike motion on the belief will probably be a lot of nurses, confirmed Unite.
The strike begins concurrently the British Medical Affiliation junior physician strike throughout the NHS in England.
Nonetheless, the junior physician strike is about to final for longer, working till 7am on Tuesday 18 July.
Unite has additionally introduced a brand new strike by its members at Yorkshire Ambulance Service on Friday 14 June, between 3pm and 10pm – which additionally coincides with the motion by junior medical doctors.
The union mentioned its newest strikes marked a continuation of its “lengthy working dispute over pay and protected staffing”.
The newest NHS pay deal for England is now being carried out after being accepted by nearly all of unions on the NHS Employees Council.
Unite, nonetheless, was one of many unions that rejected the deal and in March/April, its members at Man’s and St Thomas’ and Yorkshire Ambulance Service voted in favour of additional strikes. They’ve since held strike motion in each Might and June.
The union is within the means of balloting a “substantial quantity” of members in different NHS trusts throughout England to broaden its industrial motion mandate.
Unite basic secretary Sharon Graham mentioned: “The NHS’ recruitment and retention disaster is worsening by the day.
“Till the federal government addresses the continual low pay of NHS staff, the issues at the moment being skilled will solely change into extra extreme.
“Unite’s concentrate on the roles, pay and situations of its members, signifies that our staff taking industrial motion within the NHS will benefit from the union’s full help.”
The federal government confirmed it was working with NHS England to place in plans contingency plans for the most recent strikes aimed toward defending affected person security.
“These strikes will put extra stress on the NHS and will probably be disruptive for sufferers” DHSC spokesperson
A Division of Well being and Social Care (DHSC) spokesperson mentioned: “It’s disappointing some Unite members are persevering with strike motion – these strikes will put extra stress on the NHS and will probably be disruptive for sufferers.
“Most unions on the NHS Employees Council voted to simply accept our pay provide and over 1 million workers have now acquired their pay rise and one-off funds.
“We hope the unions who select to stay in dispute – regardless of a lot of their members additionally voting to simply accept this provide – will recognise this as a good final result that carries the help of their colleagues and resolve it’s time to deliver industrial motion to an finish.”
The federal government’s recommendation to sufferers continues to be to attend NHS appointments until instructed in any other case, and to make use of 999 and 111 as regular.
On its web site, Man’s and St Thomas’ mentioned the upcoming strikes would affect providers throughout all its hospital and group websites and that it might be contacting some sufferers to postpone appointments and procedures.