Unite has named and shamed 115 NHS trusts and PCTs refusing staff a bank holiday pay for working on the day of the Royal Wedding on 29th April.
NHS trusts in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all paying staff the correct bank holiday rates according to the NHS national agreement (‘Agenda For Change’) but a significant number of NHS trusts in England are stubbornly refusing to recognise the special occasion and to support the spirit of the government’s decision to give staff an extra bank holiday.
In some cases part-time workers are being hit particularly badly where they are only receiving time off in lieu on a pro-rata basis instead of premium time.
Unite national officer for health, Rachael Maskell, said: “NHS staff will be saving lives, looking after the sick and prepared for emergencies while most of Britain will be taking a well earned break or celebrating the Royal Wedding. Despite the dedication and the huge pressure on NHS staff, a significant number of NHS trusts are stubbornly refusing to pay bank holiday rates for working during the royal wedding.
“The government has given the country an extra bank holiday to mark the Royal Wedding but NHS trust chief executives on six figure salaries are refusing to recognise the spirit of the occasion. These trusts still have time to do the right thing and recognise the valuable contribution NHS staff make to this country.”
Under the national agreement for the NHS called Agenda for Change, staff working during a bank holiday are entitled to an enhancement in their pay ranging from double time to time plus 60 per cent. Trusts across Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are paying the bank holiday rates on the day of the Royal Wedding. However, a significant number of trusts across England are refusing to pay the bank holiday enhancement for the event. Agenda for Change stipulates staff get eight bank holidays. The Royal Wedding is an extra bank holiday announced by the government, which British workers should be entitled to, but some trusts are using the national agreement to break the spirit of the government’s decision to give workers an extra bank holiday.
Aside from the costly reorganistion of the NHS being pushed through with he Health and Social Care Bill, set to cost at least £4 billion, the government is also demanding the NHS makes £20 billion in cuts over the next four years.
THE LIST OF SHAME – IN FULL
Check to see if your NHS Trust or PCT is among them
The list of trusts and PCTs has been compiled on the basis of a survey of Unite union representatives conducted over recent weeks. The list reflects information received by the union so far, up until Friday, April 8th, so it may not be the full list of the Trusts and PCTs refusing to pay bank holiday rates.
Trusts and PCTS not paying bank holiday rates for the Royal Wedding includes:
London
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Barts and the London NHS Trust
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust
Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
Universtiy College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Whips Cross University Hospital NHS Trust
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
South East
Ashford & St Peters NHS Foundation Trust
East Kent Hospitals Universtiy NHS Foundation Trust
Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kent Community Health NHS Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Healthcare NHS Trust
Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
West London Mental Health NHS Trust (Broadmoor Hospital)
Winchester and Eastligh Healthcare NHS Trust
South West
West Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Somerset
NHS Devon
Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust
Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Torbay Care Trust
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Eastern
Cambridge University Hospitals Trust
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
The Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
North West
5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Central Lancashire PCT
Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Mid Chesire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
NHS Blackpool
NHS Cumbria
NHS Wirral
North Lancashire PCT
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
St Helens & Knowsley NHS Trust
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Yorkshire and Humberside
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Bradford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Kirklees Community Healthcare Services,
NHS Kirklees
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Rotherham Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Scarborough & North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
North East
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
East Midlands
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Derbyshire community Health Services NHS Trust
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Leicester Partnership NHS Trust
Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Northhamptonshire Provider Services
NHS Nottingham
City North
East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Sherwood Forest Hosptials NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
West Midlands
The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Heart of England Foundation Trust
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust
North Staffordshire PCT
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire. NHS Trust
Wolverhampton City NHS PCT
