Every healthcare assistant at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has received a salary boost, with more than 1,000 set to receive \u00a34,000 in back pay. <\/p>\n
Unison, the union that represents NHS workers, announced a deal had been struck with the trust on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
The union said every healthcare assistant at the trust was to move up from band 2 to band 3 of the NHS Agenda for Change pay scale, securing a permanent annual wage increase of up to \u00a32,000. <\/p>\n
Ali Koeltgen, chief people officer for the trust, said: “These changes go some way to recognise the increasing complexity and responsibility involved in the day-to-day duties of the role of Health Care Support Workers in our hospitals.”<\/p>\n
She also praised “the significant contribution” that colleagues in these roles made to caring for patients.<\/p>\n
Ms Koeltgen added: “We have reached agreement with Trade Union partners and are now in consultation with eligible Band 2s regarding an uplift in pay to Band 3.”<\/p>\n
The announcement comes after six months of campaigning and negotiations, which the union said “demanded recognition for their vital role in patient care”.<\/p>\n
Unison West Midlands regional organiser Claire Breeze said: “This is an incredible achievement for healthcare assistants at Worcestershire Acute Trust. <\/p>\n
“For too long, staff were expected to take on demanding clinical responsibilities without the recognition or reward they deserved.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every healthcare assistant at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has received a salary boost, with more than 1,000…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-111528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}