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Southend joins Agenda for Change
UNISON has announced that Southend University Hospital is now to move over to Agenda for Change, meaning staff will now enjoy the same pay, pension and annual-leave conditions as everyone else in the NHS.
As the only NHS trust in the UK outside the national agreement for pay, the trust has operated outside Agenda for Change for more than a decade. However, the trust agreed to mirror national NHS pay rates last year and, following consultation with unions, it has now agreed to move over fully.
Health workers at the trust belonging to UNISON voted on the changes, with 88 per cent backing the move, which takes effect on 1 April 2019.
Sara Gorton, UNISON head of health, said: “This is great news for staff in Southend, and indeed the NHS as a whole. Now a nurse, healthcare assistant or porter in Southend, Sunderland or Solihull will be paid the same rate for doing the same job.
“Staff are better protected and treated more fairly if UNISON is able to negotiate at a national level. That’s how health unions secured huge rises for some of the lowest-paid workers in the NHS last year. For instance, a band two healthcare assistant’s pay rates will have gone from £15,404 last year to £18,005 in 2020. UNISON will work with the trust to support staff and make sure any changes go as smoothly as possible.”
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