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• New money for NHS pay from Treasury could end dispute, says UNISON  

  23-01-2023 19:15
  
  The chancellor can halt escalating strike action and begin solving the staffing emergency currently causing the NHS such harm if he comes up with new money to pay health workers fairly, says UNISON today (Monday).  
  But if Jeremy Hunt continues to resist appeals to release extra cash and kickstart talks with unions to end the strikes, the NHS dispute could run for many months, says the union.    
  This warning comes as up to 15,000 UNISON ambulance workers walk out l
  
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• Blog: Why won’t the chancellor resolve the NHS strike?

  23-01-2023 10:19
  
  UNISON’s industrial action in the NHS intensifies this week. Today is our third day of strikes this winter in England, and NHS staff in Northern Ireland will be out on Thursday.
  Ambulance and hospital staff are walking out again over the government’s failure to deliver fair pay. Today’s morning news bulletins are already featuring our picket lines, and our head of health, Sara Gorton, was on breakfast news helping to get our #PutNHSPayRight message out to the public.
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• From the frontline to the breadline – NHS strike rolling report

  23-01-2023 09:11
  
  8:15am Honk if you support the strikers!Find out what you can do to support the strikers – including honking your support – here.8:05am Christina McAnea is heading to the North West today – where they’re already on the picket line. You can follow the general secretary via Twitter at twitter.com/cmcanea. Hospital workers in the North West are out on strike again today #PutNHSPayRight @NorthWestUNISON https://t.co/Bx9wK3QigS
  — Christina McAnea (@cmcanea) Jan
  
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