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| NHS workers' wages wrong after pay deal - union | NHS workers' wages wrong after pay deal - union |
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| Colchester Hospital workers, along with colleagues at Ipswich Hospital, claim they have not received the pay promised by their employer | Colchester Hospital workers, along with colleagues at Ipswich Hospital, claim they have not received the pay promised by their employer |
| A union has said some staff at a hospital trust have been paid thousands of pounds less than they should have following a pay agreement. | A union has said some staff at a hospital trust have been paid thousands of pounds less than they should have following a pay agreement. |
| Unison represents healthcare support workers at Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals, run by the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. | Unison represents healthcare support workers at Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals, run by the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. |
| The union and trust had agreed to introduce a new, national pay-band structure for healthcare assistants, but the union said some had still not received their full wage. | |
| The trust's chief executive Nick Hulme said some staff were receiving more than £4,000 in back pay and talks were ongoing with the union. | |
| Unison said workers had been paid "for years on the lower band 2 of the NHS Agenda for Care salary scale" - but had been performing duties that would place them on a higher band. | Unison said workers had been paid "for years on the lower band 2 of the NHS Agenda for Care salary scale" - but had been performing duties that would place them on a higher band. |
| The duties included blood monitoring, inserting cannulas and doing echocardiograms, which are scans used to look at the heart and nearby blood vessels. | The duties included blood monitoring, inserting cannulas and doing echocardiograms, which are scans used to look at the heart and nearby blood vessels. |
| The union claimed some of the longest-serving staff received thousands of pounds less than they were promised following the recent pay agreement. | The union claimed some of the longest-serving staff received thousands of pounds less than they were promised following the recent pay agreement. |
| It also said some weekend and night staff had received nothing to date. | It also said some weekend and night staff had received nothing to date. |
| Staff had planned to take strike action in the summer before the agreement was reached. | Staff had planned to take strike action in the summer before the agreement was reached. |
| 'Give staff their due' | 'Give staff their due' |
| Unison eastern regional officer Lucas Bertholdi-Saad said the healthcare support workers were "essential to the running of the NHS", but the trust had used them "to provide care on the cheap". | Unison eastern regional officer Lucas Bertholdi-Saad said the healthcare support workers were "essential to the running of the NHS", but the trust had used them "to provide care on the cheap". |
| "The workers were delighted when the trust finally agreed to give them the respect, recognition and pay they deserved earlier this year," he said. | "The workers were delighted when the trust finally agreed to give them the respect, recognition and pay they deserved earlier this year," he said. |
| "But they had a nightmare before Christmas when they discovered the money in their wage packets was thousands of pounds less than had been promised. | "But they had a nightmare before Christmas when they discovered the money in their wage packets was thousands of pounds less than had been promised. |
| "East Suffolk and North Essex must do the right thing and give staff their due." | "East Suffolk and North Essex must do the right thing and give staff their due." |
| CEO of the trust, Nick Hulme, said it would continue to work with the union | CEO of the trust, Nick Hulme, said it would continue to work with the union |
| Mr Hulme added: "We have worked in partnership with Unison and all our staff representatives for the past three years to introduce this new, national pay band structure for healthcare assistants. | Mr Hulme added: "We have worked in partnership with Unison and all our staff representatives for the past three years to introduce this new, national pay band structure for healthcare assistants. |
| "We have jointly agreed our approach with Unison and signed a memorandum of understanding. Some colleagues are receiving more than £4,000 in back pay. | "We have jointly agreed our approach with Unison and signed a memorandum of understanding. Some colleagues are receiving more than £4,000 in back pay. |
| "We will continue to work with Unison and talks are ongoing." | "We will continue to work with Unison and talks are ongoing." |
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