Healthcare workers in Surrey and Sussex to stage two-day strike

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More than 350 staff at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust are to begin striking on Tuesday.

Healthcare workers at three hospitals in West Sussex and Surrey are to stage a two-day strike in a dispute over pay.

Members of the Unison union at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, Crawley Hospital and Horsham Hospital are demanding pay that they say reflects their role in patient care.Rachel Slaughter, Unison South East regional organiser, said the workers provided patient care that went “over and above their job description”.

“Industrial action is a last resort, but staff reckon senior managers have buried their heads in the sand and hoped the issue would just go away. That won’t happen.”

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