Tag Archives: health sector

Department of Health pay announcement is meaningless and delivers nothing to NI healthcare workers

Return to NHS pay parity across all UK nations needed to guarantee integrity and sustainability of NHS services in Northern Ireland Funding for Agenda for Change restructuring must be extended as well as UK-wide pay increase November 22nd: Unite Regional … Continue reading

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Ministerial u-turn on pay for healthcare workers in face of industrial ballot threat

Decision a victory for common sense which will provide relief to low paid health care workers Announcement comes as UNITE and UNISON unions were initiating ballots on industrial action July 19th: Kevin McAdam, Unite lead officer with responsibility for Health … Continue reading

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Additional NHS funding is only a cynical pre-election promise

Health Minister Simon Hamilton promises to increase health sector pay after election after refusing to honour this year’s recommendation. Clarity is needed on how much of additional £70m health spending will go to private sector providers and how much will … Continue reading

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Trade Unions shocked and disappointed by Simon Hamilton’s imposition of pay settlement on health service staff

Healthcare unions warn industrial action is a distinct and likely response Healthcare workers in Northern Ireland will not accept being the lowest paid in the UK January 8th: The trade union forum lead by Unite, RCN, Unison and NIPSA, representing … Continue reading

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Ministerial panel on Health Reform must be expanded to include frontline staff representatives

Expert Panel to oversee health reform needs to have an understanding of local issues January 7th: Unite Regional Health lead, Kevin McAdam, expressed his concerns at the proposed team selected by DHSSPS Minister, Simon Hamilton, to form an ‘expert panel’ … Continue reading

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