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All Together for the NHS: 1 September day of action for fair pay

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All Together for the NHS

The All Together for the NHS campaign believes that the public deserves a quality NHS with staff that are well motivated and properly rewarded for the vital work they do, with a health service that has enough staff to ensure patients are safe and with a workforce that is properly trained and equipped to deliver quality healthcare in the 21st century.

The government is seriously under-funding the NHS at a time when demand is rising. Recent figures from the Kings Fund show that spending on the NHS will fall from 8 per cent of GDP in 2009 to 6 per cent by 2020. This is an unprecedented reduction in resources.

NHS workers are being asked to bear the brunt. Five years of pay restraint has hit our members’ hard, leaving morale at rock bottom. Not only that but we share concerns highlighted by Monitor and NHS Employers that the government’s pay policy is not sustainable at a time when the economy is picking up. Staff will vote with their feet or lose the good will to continue providing the many extra hours of free staff time on which the NHS depends.

We want ministers to properly fund the NHS to ensure that our health service workforce is rewarded for its dedication, hard work and excellence and that the NHS is able to recruit and train the brightest and best workforce that our patients deserve.

Campaign day

On the day trade union members will be taking action to keep a focus on the issue of funding and pay in the NHS at this crucial time, to aid our wider campaigning for fair pay for NHS workers.

If you are a member of a trade union and work in the NHS, it's simple to get involved. Members will be taking part in a range of activity, including taking photos of themselves holding the 'NHS workers deserve a pay rise' prop below and uploading to social media sites or emailing to the TUC.

To use the prop, simply print it out, which you can find here or below: NHS workers deserve a pay rise

Write a simple message about what fair pay means for you and why you need a pay rise.

Then take a ‘selfie’ or group photo and post it up on Twitter, with the hashtag #NHSPay

Alternatively, you can email it directly to us at phadley@tuc.org.uk (contact for further information).

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