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Members of the RCN announce 2 more strike days on top of the 2 this week as the row over pay continues

If progress isn’t made by the end of January, members of the RCN union (Royal College of Nursing) in England and Wales will go on strike on 6 and 7 February following the refusal of the UK and Welsh governments to seriously negotiate on the current year’s NHS pay deal.

The RCN said “We’re escalating nursing strikes on 6 and 7 February after governments refuse to seriously negotiate.”

“If progress isn’t made by the end of January, members in England and Wales will go on strike on 6 and 7 February following the refusal of the UK and Welsh governments to seriously negotiate on the current year’s NHS pay deal.”

“Last week the Welsh government met with unions to discuss NHS pay but failed to offer a substantiative and restorative pay award for 2022/23.”

“While we’ve had discussions with the UK government, they refuse to engage in the formal negotiations which would stop nursing strikes.”

“Our dispute is about NHS pay for this financial year and governments have so far wasted chances to avert strike action.”

“Our first strikes took place in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales on 15 and 20 “December, with more strikes in England happening this week on 18 and 19 January.”

The employers affected in the Stikes this week in the South East are

  • Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • NHS Kent and Medway ICB – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan
  • Solent NHS Trust – 18 Jan / 19 Jan

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