In view of subsequent representations from the consultants responsible for the treatment of private patients on clinical grounds the authority is having further discussions with the unions and is meeting consultant staff this afternoon. To safeguard the patients the area health authority proposed that patients receiving treatment in the private wing should be transferred to general ward beds. At Charing Cross Hospital certain staff threatened to withdraw their services, including domestic, catering and linen services, unless the private wing was closed by the end of June. Some nursing and other staff, including some who are members of COHSE and others who are members of the National Union of Public Employees, are threatening to refuse to work with agency nurses or to provide services for private patients. The position is not yet clear, and action is sporadic and localised. On 29th June COHSE announced that it had called off its industrial action except for a refusal to undertake non-nursing duties, to work with agency nurses or to work with private patients. But I made it known that, should it appear in a month's time that the report was likely to be seriously delayed, I would then consider asking Lord Halsbury to make an interim recommendation. He was of the view that his report would be completed by the late summer, and I have no reason to believe that it will be delayed beyond then. In this I indicated that Lord Halsbury had told me that he would be in a position to give me a firm date for his report at the end of July. But I spoke to Lord Halsbury, and to remove any doubts about the timing of his report I issued a statement on 28th June. Having appointed an independent inquiry, I was, and am, unable to agree to make interim payments. It advised me on 21st June that it had imposed certain restrictions on the work of its members and that these would be extended by 1st July. This was welcomed by the Staff Side of the Nurses and Midwives Whitley Council, but one union, the Confederation of Health Service Employees, maintained its view that nurses should receive an interim payment before the inquiry had reported. I announced on 23rd May that Lord Halsbury had agreed to take the chair of an independent inquiry into the salaries of nurses and midwives. I am keeping in touch with health authorities as regards the maintenance of essential treatment for patients. The management side has made offers for implementation after the ending of statutory controls but agreement has not yet been reached.
The technicians' action concerns an arbitration award of 1972 which could not be implemented under the previous Government's statutory pay policy.
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In view of this I hope that the staff concerned will carry out their full duties. The Staff Side is considering a revised offer made in the Whitley Council yesterday. Industrial action is being undertaken at some hospitals by works staff, a small group of medical physics technicians and nurses.Īction by the works staff is connected with the negotiation of salaries for new senior management posts in the reorganised National Health Service.
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