NHS Physiotherapy (CSP) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: NHS
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A pay offer of £2,000 was approved by members of the British NHS Staff Association (CSP) in a vote. The offer would provide an additional bonus worth around £2,000 for most members on top of the £1,400 award received in 2022/23 by members, along with a consolidated increase of five per cent for 2023/24. The offer was recommended by the CSP's pay sub-group of members as the best achievable through negotiation. A meeting on 2 May of the NHS Staff Council, which brings together trade unions, NHS Employers and the Department of Health and Social Care, will review the outcome of all the consultations across 14 health unions and a final decision will then be made on whether the offer will be implemented based on the overall outcome.
88% of members voted in favor of the offer on turnout of 48% of eligible members. The offer itself has three elements: a percentage pay increase, an additional one-off payment, and commitments to modernize Agenda for Change to support workforce recruitment, sustainability, and retention. The CSP will now work with other health unions and the Scottish government to secure the increase in April's pay slip.
The NHS group of unions are expected to begin negotiations in the coming days. Unison and the GMB have also paused their actions. Elaine Sparkes, assistant director of the CSP, said: ‘We’ve been calling for meaningful talks for months and always said we would suspend action if they took place. ‘We therefore welcome these discussions and hope they can conclude with a fair deal that helps our members manage the cost of living crisis and enables the NHS to recruit and retain the staff it needs.’
The CSP action was due to take place in 56 trusts on 22 March. However, further strikes will go ahead if talks break down, or we come away without an offer that can be put to members.
- Up to 4,500 CSP members will take part in a March strike date
- Physiotherapy staff at 30 and 33 trusts respectively walked out
- Progress has continued to be seen in Scotland and Wales with -respective governments engaging in negotiations and offering -physiotherapy staff a better pay deal, and as a result strike action has been averted
- Escalating action in England UK government finally opening negotiations about NHS pay. However, we saw the government in Westminster initially using the divisive tactic of only speaking to the Royal College of Nursing. With the exception of doctors and dentists, all NHS staff share the same pay, grading, terms and conditions and any resolution must reflect that
- Second day of strikes at an additional 30 trusts will follow on 9 February as part of ongoing dispute over pay and retention.
- CSP will announce further dates in England and Wales if no improved offer is forthcoming from respective governments.
- Find out which members are being called out on 26 January
- Planned industrial action called by CSP Council, follows CSP achieving mandates to strike in 119 NHS employers across England through ballots held at the end of last year, with a second wave closing this month.
- All eight health boards in Wales have also secured a strike mandate.
- CSP participated in talks with the government earlier this week but lack of concrete offer means currently no option but to announce strike action.
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