announced workers could expect the backpay after the long-running dispute was settled<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n Seven health trusts in the region have now re-banded their healthcare assistants, securing fair pay for thousands of predominantly female, low\u2011paid staff who have kept hospital services going under immense pressure.\n<\/p>\n
\n On the news staff will finally receive their back payments, Unison Northern regional secretary Clare Williams said: \u201cAt long last, hardworking healthcare assistants are receiving the recognition and compensation they deserve.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThese dedicated staff have gone above and beyond for years, delivering vital clinical care without the proper reward.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt should never have taken this long, and no one should have been forced to wait for money they were rightfully owed.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut today brings long\u2011awaited justice, marking a fitting and deserved end to a major regional campaign.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHealthcare assistants across the north east can now continue caring for patients knowing that their vital contribution is finally valued.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Andrew Thacker, director of workforce and organisational development at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, added: \u201cWe are pleased that the agreed payments to our healthcare support workers have now been made.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThese colleagues make an essential contribution to patient care every day across our hospitals and community services, and we recognise the professionalism and dedication they have continued to show throughout this process.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are grateful to colleagues for their patience while the necessary national approvals were completed, and we appreciate the constructive engagement with Unison to reach this outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The payments mark a major victory for staff and the end of a years-long campaign to secure fair…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-446381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446381","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=446381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}