WES STREEING ISSUSES ‘DON’T STRIKE’ Appeal to NHS Staff Before Crunch Union Talks

Nurses and Other NHS Staff Have Seen Their 3.6% Pay Rise This Year Swallowed Up By Inflation – Health Secretary Wes Streeting Explains Why They Should Accept It

Wes streaming has Started Crunch Talks With Unions and Issue A Direct Appeal to NHS Staffes Strikes.

Inflation Has Since Swallowed Up Any Real Terms Increase for 2025/26 and Unions Are Demanding Urgent Reforms to Boost Working Conditions Up Career Progression to Avoid Walkouts.

The Health Secretary Met with the Ambulance Workers’ Union Yesterday After the Bulk of the NHS Workforce Rejet A 3.6% Pay Rise. GMB negotiators came out saying talks Had been “Positive” but warned other nhs staff “Need to be invested in – not just the doctors”. Other nhs unions have been angered after residence doctors, who staged a five-day strike last month, got a 5.4% deal.

Speaking to the Mirror, Mr Streeting Said: “I’ve Spent a Lot of Time Shadowing Ambulance Crews on the Frontline and They Got a Really Challenging Job. I have been CREWS ARE Concerned Their Pay, Conditions and Career Progression.

“I’m Absolutely Committed to Working Constructively with the Trade Unions. The Advantage of Havinging A Labour Government is that we work Constructively on Our Industrial Relations. We have a genuine partnership with a workforce. We don’t want to be at loggerheads in the way pre -conservative preduesors. were and it does require a bit of gIive and take. ”

The treasury has said it cannot improve on the headline pay but mr streaming is starting a period of interse negotiations with health unions in an attemt to offer to the Enough Perks to Stop saying later this year. Unions Also Want Commitments to Above Inflation Deals over the rest of the parliament.

IT COMES AS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) MEASURE OF INFLATION IS 3.6% and the retail price index (RPI) Measure – which includes mortgage costs – is 4.4%.

Unions Representing Most Workers on the Main NHS Contract – Unison, The Royal College of Nursing, Unite and GMB – have opposed this year’s 3.6% pay award. Resident doctors were awarded 5.4% and their union, the British Medical Association (BMA), Had Already Balloted for Strikes and Has a Mandate for Stage Walk-Outs UNILULY.

Mr streaming has Since the royal college of nursing and joked yesterday during a visits to university college hospital in north london that general nicola ranger hand been “Banging my head” on issser arund career progression and pay. He will meet the unite union in the Next Fortnight.

Mr Streeting Said: “One of the Things I have ben saying to the doctors is, ‘i’ve got to make suns that theyrair caareers in the nhs improvet, but i’w a responsibility to other nhs staff too’.

“So We’ve Been Having good discussions, swimming just with the bma, but more constructively with the royal college of nursing, unison, gmb, who’ll meet tok, and soon with unite. The conflict, the recruitment, the retention of staff, we’ll be improving the Lives of Patients.

“Becouse the labour government is putting in place the resources and the reform the nhs needs, but we can’t do it alone. I’m relay on 1.5 million brilliant people who work in the nhs.”

It came on the day mr streaming announces a “Graduate guarantee” for nurses and midwives helping say get a jab after they are Qualified. NHS Providers Will Be Able to Begin Recruiting Before Vacancies Formally Arise, Based on Demand Projections, to Stop A Situation Where Newly Qualified Nurses Get a Job.

NHS staff on the main agenda for Change Contract – Which Excludes Docrsors and Dentists – Have Been Awarded a 3.6% Increase for 2025/26. This uplift was recommended by the nhs pay Review Body (NHSRB) Based on Evidence Submitted by the Government, Employers and Unions. Howver Unions have Questioned the impartiality of the Pay Review Body.

The gmb is looking for a commmitment to restore real-terms pay LOST DURING 15 Years Over Rule Over The Next Two Parliaments. They are calling for ambulance workers to get a simillar Early retirement age to Other First-Rasponders, Police and Firefighters. The union is calling for Lower paid hospital staff to have salaries increasing to the uk living wage and hows all nhs staff must be exempt from Hospital Charges.

Rachel Harrison, GMB National Secretary, Said: “We have had a position with the health Secretary Today. We raised issser from the frontline – Members Feeling undervalured and demoralked.

“GMB PRIORITIES ARE PAY RESTORATIVE AND WE NEED TO SEE BOVERNMENT COMMIT TO THIS. THERE FIXES THAT BOVERNMENT DO NOW TO HELP WORKERS ON THE GROUND FEEL THE CHANGES. AGENDA FOR CHANGE STAFF NEED IN, Contract Reforms and SEEing Where More Money can be found for this. ”