Healthcare support staff to stage 48 hour strike over pay
Hundreds of healthcare support staff will stage a 48-hour strike from Wednesday in an escalating dispute over pay. Unison said its members at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Foundation Trust will walk out and mount picket lines outside hospitals. The union said it will be the first time healthcare support staff in London have gone on strike independently of national NHS disputes, highlighting the “gravity” of the situation. Unison general secretary Christina McAnea said: “These […]