Wes Streeting faces full-scale NHS rebellion after Unite members challenge pay offers
HEALTH Secretary Wes Streeting could face a full-scale NHS rebellion after Unite members yesterday became the latest to challenge pay offers.
They join staff from the BMA, the Royal College of Nursing and the GMB in rejecting rises of three to six per cent.
Simon JonesResident doctors at the BMA want a 29 per cent hike after being given 22 per cent last year[/caption]
Wes Streeting could face a full-scale NHS rebellion after Unite members yesterday became the latest to challenge pay offersGetty
Resident doctors at the BMA, who end a five-day strike today, want a 29 per cent hike after being given 22 per cent last year.
Insiders say other staff want similar deals.
Unite members work in almost every NHS profession.
General secretary Sharon Graham said: “The NHS can’t be repaired while the Government continues to erode pay and drastically cut NHS budgets.”
Dozens of BMA members held a picket line at Mr Streeting’s local hospital in London on Tuesday “to make sure he hears us”.
Strike leader Dr Melissa Ryan said: “There doesn’t need to be a single day of strike action.
“Wes Streeting knows what he has to do.
“If he wants to resolve the dispute, he has to contact us and present a credible offer.
“We do have a mandate that is going all the way into January but it’s a damn shame we have to do a single day of strike action and Mr Streeting can prevent that.”
Nurses, paramedics and other NHS staff went on strike in late 2022 and into 2023 but settled faster than doctors in the previous pay row.
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