Bristol healthcare assistants win over £1m in re-banding victory

Over 2,000 healthcare assistants in Bristol hospitals have been re-banded from Band 2 to Band 3 and received up to £4,000 backpay after a UNISON campaign revealed they had been performing clinical duties and patient observations above their grade. This is the latest victory in UNISON’s ‘pay fair for patient care’ campaign, which saw hospital workers in Manchester win significant back pay last year. The union has now won significant backpay for members working in the two biggest hospitals in Bristol: North Bristol Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. Workers with over four years’ service received £4,000, those with two to four years’ service received £3,000 and those with less than two years’ service received £2,000. The money arrived in members’ pay packets in January. For those at the top of Band 2 this will mean a pay rise of £1,859 going forward. The campaign also included re-banding and a pay increase for apprentices and staff working bank shifts, reflecting UNISON’s ‘put NHS pay right’ campaign. UNISON officer Louise Chinnery said: “UNISON is successfully winning the argument that healthcare assistants should be at Band 3. There is real momentum behind this campaign. “For too long healthcare assistants have been working above and beyond to pick up the slack of staff shortages and clinical duties gradually trickling down to HCAs. “UNISON activists in Bristol have been tenacious and resilient in managing to ...
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